Allan Noble
 Allan Noble    (mariner, diplomat, politician) | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 1908 | |||||||||||
| Died | 17 November 1982 (Age 74) | |||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Radley College | |||||||||||
| Party | Conservatives | |||||||||||
English naval commander, conservative politician, and diplomat. Son of Admiral Percy Noble. Attended the 1957 February Bilderberg meeting as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
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Sir Allan Herbert Percy Noble was an English naval commander, politician, and diplomat.[1] He attended the 1957 February Bilderberg meeting.
Career
Noble was the elder son of Admiral Sir Percy Noble. He joined the Royal Navy in 1926 and was a destroyer commander during World War II, earning a DSO and a DSC. During the last years of the war he was a member of the Admiralty's planning department and in that capacity he attended the Quebec and Yalta conferences.[2]
He retired from the Navy in 1946 and entered Parliament as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Chelsea. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Anthony Eden from 1947 to 1951. His next appointments included Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty from 1951 to 1955, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations from 1955 to 1956 and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 1956 to 1959. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1956. In 1961 he became Special Ambassador to the Ivory Coast. He died in 1982.
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1957 February | 15 February 1957 | 17 February 1957 | US St Simons Island Georgia (State) | The earliest ever Bilderberg in the year, number 5, was also first one outside Europe. |
