The Lord Glenkinglas | |
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 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 Scotland | |
| In office 13 July 1962 – 16 October 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home |
| Preceded by | John Maclay |
| Succeeded by | William Ross |
| Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
| In office 29 November 1961 – 13 July 1962 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | Robin Chichester-Clark |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Campbell |
| Member of Parliament forArgyll | |
| In office 12 June 1958 – 8 February 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Duncan McCallum |
| Succeeded by | Iain MacCormick |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1913-03-13)13 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 | Anne Pearson |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Profession | Landowner, farmer |
Michael Antony Cristobal Noble, Baron Glenkinglas,PC (13 March 1913 – 15 May 1984) was aScottishConservative andUnionistpolitician.
Noble was the youngest son ofSir John Noble, 1st Baronet, and the grandson ofSir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet, and was educated atEton College andMagdalen College, Oxford. A farmer, he was president of theBlack Face Sheep Breeders' Association and theHighland Cattle Society. He was anArgyllCounty Councillor and a director of Associated Fisheries.
From a by-election in June 1958 until his retirement in 1974 he wasMember of Parliament forArgyll.
Noble was a Scottishwhip from 1960 andLord Commissioner of the Treasury from 1961. He wasSecretary of State for Scotland from 1962 to 1964 in the governments ofHarold Macmillan andAlec Douglas-Home, taking over from John Maclay after theNight of the Long Knives. He returned to government asPresident of the Board of Trade in 1970 and as Minister for Trade from 1970 to 1972 underEdward Heath.
As Scottish Secretary, he presided over the last execution in Scotland whenHenry John Burnett was hanged atCraiginches Prison inAberdeen on the morning of 15 August 1963 by the hangmanHarry Allen for the murder of merchant seaman Thomas Guyan.
On 3 May 1974 Noble was elevated with a life peerage asBaron Glenkinglas, of Cairndow in the County ofArgyll.[1]
Although he was a good 25 years younger than the architectural historianHarry 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.
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| Preceded by | President of the Board of Trade Jun–Oct 1970 | Succeeded by |
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