Vicar of Christ Church on Turnham Green from 1906 until at least 1913.
Edwin Noyes was born in 1863 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire (now West Midlands), the youngest of the seven children of Robert Noyes (1812-1888) and Mary Banks Noyes née Green (1819-1909). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1863 in the Wolverhampton registration district. On 19 May 1863 he was baptised in St James's Church, Wolverhampton.
His six siblings were: William Green Noyes (1845-1849); Archdeacon Robert John Noyes 1847-1932); Reverend Henry Edward Noyes (1849-1923); Alfred Noyes (1851-1935); Arthur Noyes (1853-1854) and Thomas Green Noyes (1858-1858).
In the 1871 census he is shown as aged 7 years and a scholar living at Elms Weys, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, with his parents, his bother Alfred who was described as a grocer, two female domestic servants, a male gardener and a male grocer's porter who were also listed as servants. His father was shown as a grocer & farmer occupying 12 acres and employing 4 men and 2 boys. Also visiting on the night of the census was a paternal aunt, Anne Noyes (1819-1897), whose occupation was recorded as a bookseller.
On 7 July 1887 he was initiated as freemason in the Harmony Lodge No.228 on the register of the Grand Lodge of Ireland that met in Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland.
On 23 August 1888 he married Hadassah Edith Brownrigg (1863-1944) at Christ Church, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland, where on the marriage register he is described as a bachelor and a Clerk in Holy Orders living at the vicarage, Ferns, County Wexford and his wife was a spinster residing at Norris Mount, Camolin, County Wexford.
In Thom's Official Directory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in both 1887 and 1888 he is described as Noyes, Edwin at Ferns, County Wexford. In 1889 he is shown as Noyes, Edwin, A.B., at St George's Church, Dublin, Ireland, residing at 76 Drumcondra Road and in their 1890 edition he is listed as Rev Edwin Noyes at 7 Russell Street, Dublin.
By 1897 he was shown as one of the clergy at St John's Church, Hackney, London. In the 1901 census he is described as a clergyman (Church of England), living at 62 Brook Street, Westminster, London, with his wife and their son Edwin Brownrigg Noyes (1889-1967), together with a housekeeper and a female general domestic servant.
Kelly's 1907 Directory of Chiswick lists him at the Turnham Green Vicarage, Heathfield Terrace, Chiswick.
When he completed his 1911 census return form he described himself as a Clerk in Holy Orders - Vicar of Turnham Green, London and living in an eleven roomed property, The Vicarage, Sutton Lane, Chiswick, with his wife, their son whom he showed as a student of arts, together with a house parlourmaid and a cook.
He died, aged 56 years, on 4 October 1919 at home at St Anne's Rectory, Grange Road, Gunnersbury, Middlesex (now Greater London) from: 1. Paralysis Agitans (Parkinson's disease) and 2. Convulsions & Coma, according to his death certificate.
Probate was granted on 5 November 1919 to his widow. His effects totalled £988-12s-9d.
He is shown as Edwin Noyes MA, Vicar of Turnham Green, on the foundation stone of the Turnham Green Church Hall, Heathfield House School, Heathfield Gardens, London, W4.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
