The younger son of barrister Gerard Eyre Wriothesley Noel, of Westington Mill, Chipping Campden, editor of the Catholic Herald, he is in remainder to his grandfather's earldom.

[2] Noel trained as a shipbroker,[3] then as a library assistant at the College of Arms before joining the auctioneers, Christie's of London.

[5] On 6 April 2021, he was promoted Norroy and Ulster King of Arms in succession to Timothy Duke.

[8] On 28 October 2024, he was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms upon Timothy Duke's retirement.

[9] A Freeman of the City of London, Noel is a Liveryman of the Glaziers' Company and serves as Genealogist of the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor.