Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Died 1982-10-08.
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Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker was a British politician, diplomat, academic, athlete, and renowned campaigner for disarmament. He carried the British team flag and won a silver medal for the 1500m run at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959.
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politics · British athlete and politician (1889–1982) · paramedic · politician · athletics competitor · diplomat · peace activist · also Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, Philip Noel-Baker, Philip Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, Philip John Noel-Baker, Philip John Baker
Born 1 November 1889 · Died 8 October 1982 · Q211856
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1982· 1 entry
1979· 1 entry
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
With Fenner Brockway, he co-founded the World Disarmament Campaign, serving as co-Chair until he died, and was an active supporter of disarmament into the 1980s
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1977· 1 entry
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Career landmark: member of the House of Lords (1977–1982).
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1966· 1 entry
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Career landmark: member of the 44th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1966–1970).
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1964· 1 entry
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Career landmark: member of the 43rd Parliament of the United Kingdom (1964–1966).
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1959· 3 entries
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for his longstanding contribution to the cause of disarmament and peace.
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Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1959).
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Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Career landmark: member of the 42nd Parliament of the United Kingdom (1959–1964).
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1955· 2 entries
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1955–1955).
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Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Career landmark: member of the 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom (1955–1959).
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1951· 1 entry
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Career landmark: member of the 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1951–1955).
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1950· 1 entry
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Career landmark: member of the 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1950–1951).
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1947· 1 entry
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Career landmark: Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (1947–1950).
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1945· 1 entry
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Career landmark: member of the 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1945–1950).
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1936· 2 entries
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Career landmark: member of the 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1936–1945).
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Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Their marriage, however was not a success and Noel-Baker's mistress from 1936 was Megan Lloyd George, daughter of the former Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister David Lloyd George, herself a Liberal and later Labour MP.
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1935· 1 entry
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Unsuccessfully, but won the Derby by-election in July 1936 after the sitting Derby Member of Parliament J
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1931· 1 entry
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
But remained Henderson's assistant while Henderson was president of the World Disarmament Conference in Geneva in 1932 to 1933
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1929· 2 entries
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Career landmark: member of the 35th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1929–1931).
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Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
And served as parliamentary private secretary to the Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson
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1924· 1 entry
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
When he stood, unsuccessfully, for Parliament in the Conservative safe seat of Birmingham Handsworth
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1915· 2 entries
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
In June 1915, Philip John Baker married Irene Noel, a field hospital nurse in East Grinstead, subsequently adopting the hyphenated name Noel-Baker in 1921 by deed poll.
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Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Was elected a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, his alma mater
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1914· 1 entry
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Was appointed as vice-principal of Ruskin College, Oxford, then an adult education establishment for working class men which is not part of the University of Oxford
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1912· 2 entries
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
And President of the Cambridge University Athletic Club from 1910 to 1912
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Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Was awarded the Whewell Scholarship in international law
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1889· 1 entry
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
Born 1889-11-01.
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1876· 1 entry
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
To establish a manufacturing business, and served as a Progressive member of the London County Council from 1895 to 1906, and as a Liberal member of the House of Commons for East Finsbury from 1905 to 1918
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