- Michael Noble, Baron Glenkinglas
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For other people named Michael Noble, see Michael Noble (disambiguation).
Michael Noble, Baron Glenkinglas President of the Board of Trade In office
20 June – 15 October 1970Prime Minister Edward Heath Preceded by Roy Mason Succeeded by John Davies (Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 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 1974 he was Member of Parliament for Argyll. He lost his seat at the February 1974 general election to Iain MacCormick, a teacher and son of Scottish National Party founder member Professor John MacCormick.
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.
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
- 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 McCallumMember of Parliament for Argyll
1958–February 1974Succeeded by
Iain MaccormickPolitical offices Preceded by
John MaclaySecretary of State for Scotland
1962–1964Succeeded by
William RossPreceded by
Roy MasonPresident of the Board of Trade
Jun–Oct 1970Succeeded by
John Davies
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