Percy Noble (Royal Navy officer)

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CVO
Sir Percy Noble in 1946, by Oswald Birley
Birth namePercy Lockhart Harnam Noble
Born(1880-01-16)16 January 1880
Bengal, India
Died25 July 1955(1955-07-25) (aged 75)
London, UK
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1894–1945
RankAdmiral
Commands held
Battles/wars
Awards
  • GBE
    (1944);
  • KCB (1936);
  • CVO (1920)
RelationsColonel Charles Noble (father);
Sir Allan Noble MP (son)
GBE breast star

World Wars
.

Noble rose to the rank of

Second World War, before being posted to the United States as Head of the RN Admiralty Delegation
.

Naval career

The son of an Indian Army officer, Colonel Charles Noble and Anne née Hay,[1] he was educated at Edinburgh Academy,[2] before being commissioned in the Royal Navy on 15 January 1894.[3]

Promoted as

Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1938.[3]

Sir Percy Noble inspects members of 2778 Squadron RAF Regiment at RAF Jurby in 1942.

On his return to London, Admiral Noble was appointed

commander, and an agreeable person to work with. Always conciliatory, Noble was an expert at building consensus around his chosen courses of action. Noble was, although not forced, certainly pushed out of Western Approaches to make room for Admiral Sir Max Horton, whose combative personality and experience in the submarine service made him the ideal candidate in the eyes of some to take the war to the U-boats.[7]

He succeeded

Washington DC in 1942,[3] before retiring from active naval service in 1945.[3] By way of recognition, Noble was granted the title of Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom
(an honorary appointment) on 19 June 1945.

Family

Noble married, in 1907, Diamantina Isabella, only daughter of Allan Campbell.[8] She died in 1909, having one son (qv. Sir Allan Noble MP). He married secondly, in 1913, Celia Emily (later Lady Noble), daughter of Robert Kirkman Hodgson DL and Lady Norah née Boyle,[9] having another son, Charles Noble.

A

memorial to Admiral Sir Percy Noble was placed in the north choir aisle of Liverpool Cathedral
in 1957.

Honours and awards

References

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  1. ^ www.corstorphineoldparish.org.uk
  2. ^ "Edinburgh Academy Prospectus". Archived from the original on 14 February 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  4. ^ "No. 27422". The London Gazette. 4 April 1902. p. 2281.
  5. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36731. London. 2 April 1902. p. 8.
  6. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36980. London. 17 January 1903. p. 9.
  7. ^
    ISBN 1-84415-001-1
    .
  8. ^ www.nla.gov.au
  9. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help
    )

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Military offices
Preceded by Fourth Sea Lord
1935–1937 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Commander-in-Chief, China Station

1938–1940 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp
1943–1945 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom
1945–1955 		Succeeded by
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