Michael Noble, Baron Glenkinglas

For other people named Michael Noble, see Michael Noble (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable The Lord Glenkinglas PC
Photograph of Noble by Elliott & Fry, taken 26 September 1962.

President of the Board of Trade
In office 20 June 1970 – 15 October 1970
Prime Minister	Edward Heath
Preceded by	Roy Mason
Succeeded by	John Davies (Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
In office 16 October 1964 – 23 January 1969
Leader	Alec Douglas-Home Edward Heath
Succeeded by	Gordon Campbell
Secretary of State for Scotland
In office 13 July 1962 – 16 October 1964
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded by	John Maclay
Succeeded by	William Ross
Member of Parliament for Argyll
In office 12 June 1958 – 28 February 1974
Preceded by	Duncan McCallum
Succeeded by	Iain MacCormick
Personal details
Born	(1913-03-19)19 March 1913 Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
Died	15 May 1984(1984-05-15) (aged 71) Cairndow, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Anne Pearson
Children	4
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford
Profession	Landowner, Farmer

Michael Antony Cristobal Noble, Baron Glenkinglas, PC (19 March 1913 – 15 May 1984) was a Scottish Tory politician.

Noble was the youngest son of Sir John Noble, 1st Baronet, and the grandson of Sir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet, and was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. A farmer, he was president of the Black Face Sheep Breeders' Association and the Highland Cattle Society. He was an Argyll County Councillor and a director of Associated Fisheries.

From a by-election in June 1958 until his retirement in 1974 he was Member of Parliament for Argyll.

Noble was a Scottish whip from 1960 and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 1961. He was Secretary of State for Scotland from 1962 to 1964 in the governments of Harold Macmillan and Alec Douglas-Home, taking over from John Maclay after the Night of the Long Knives. He returned to government as President of the Board of Trade in 1970 and as Minister for Trade from 1970 to 1972 under Edward Heath.

As Scottish Secretary, he presided over the last execution in Scotland when Henry John Burnett was hanged at Craiginches Prison in Aberdeen on the morning of 15 August 1963 by the hangman Harry Allen for the murder of merchant seaman Thomas Guyan.

On 3 May 1974 Noble was elevated to the peerage as Baron Glenkinglas, of Cairndow in the County of Argyll.^[1]

Although he was a good 25 years younger than the architectural historian Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel, the two had a very friendly feud. Noble is said to have joked that they were "best of enemies."

He died in May 1984, aged 71.

References

↑ The London Gazette: no. 46284. p. 5585. 7 May 1974.

Torrance, David, The Scottish Secretaries (Birlinn 2006)
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, ,

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Michael Noble

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Duncan McCallum	Member of Parliament for Argyll 1958–February 1974	Succeeded by Iain MacCormick
Political offices
Preceded by John Maclay	Secretary of State for Scotland 1962–1964	Succeeded by William Ross
Preceded by Roy Mason	President of the Board of Trade Jun–Oct 1970	Succeeded by John Davies (Secretary of State for Trade and Industry)

Secretaries of State for Scotland

Scotland Office

Secretary of State for Scotland 1707–1746	Erskine Douglas Erskine Graham Ker Vacant Hay

Secretary for Scotland 1885–1926	Gordon-Lennox Trevelyan Ramsay Balfour Kerr Trevelyan Bruce Murray Hope Sinclair McKinnon-Wood Tennant Munro Munro Ferguson Adamson Gilmour

Secretary of State for Scotland 1926–1999	Gilmour Adamson Sinclair Collins Elliot Colville Brown Johnston Primrose Westwood Woodburn McNeil Stuart Maclay Noble Ross Campbell Ross Millan Younger Rifkind Lang Forsyth Dewar

Secretary of State for Scotland 1999–present	Reid Liddell Darling* Alexander* Browne** Murphy Alexander Moore Carmichael Mundell

Also Secretary of State for Transport; *Secretary of State for Defence

Presidents of the Board of Trade

Shaftesbury Bridgewater Stamford Weymouth Stamford Winchilsea Guilford Berkeley Suffolk Holderness Fitzwalter Monson Halifax Sandys Townshend Shelburne Hillsborough Dartmouth Hillsborough Nugent Hillsborough Dartmouth Sackville Carlisle Grantham Sydney Liverpool Montrose Auckland Bathurst Clancarty Robinson Huskisson Grant Vesey-Fitzgerald Herries Auckland Thomson Baring Thomson Labouchere Ripon Gladstone Dalhousie Clarendon Labouchere Henley Cardwell Stanley Henley Dnoughmore Gibson Northcote Richmond Bright Parkinson-Fortescue Adderley Sandon Chamberlain Richmond Stanhope Mundella Stanley Hicks Beach Mundella Bryce Ritchie Balfour Salisbury Lloyd George Churchill Buxton Burns Runciman Stanley Geddes Horne Baldwin Cunliffe-Lister Graham Cunliffe-Lister Runciman Stanley Duncan Lyttelton Duncan Llewellin Dalton Lyttelton Cripps Wilson Shawcross Thorneycroft Eccles Maulding Erroll Heath Jay Crosland Mason Noble Davies Walker Benn Varley Joseph Jenkin Shore Dell Smith Nott Biffen Cockfield Parkinson Tebbit Brittan Channon Young Ridley Lilley Heseltine Lang Beckett Mandelson Byers Hewitt Johnson Darling Hutton Mandelson Cable Javid

Heath Cabinet

Anthony Barber Tom Boardman Gordon Campbell Robert Carr Lord Carrington John Davies Sir Alec Douglas-Home Ian Gilmour Edward Heath Lord Hailsham Sir Geoffrey Howe Earl Jellicoe Patrick Jenkin Sir Keith Joseph Iain Macleod Maurice Macmillan Reginald Maudling Michael Noble John Peyton James Prior Francis Pym Geoffrey Rippon Margaret Thatcher Peter Thomas Peter Walker Lord Windlesham William Whitelaw

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