Lieutenant-Colonel Edward William Charles Noel (14 April 1886 – 10 December 1974) was a
British officer, diplomat and spy.
Relatives
The grandson of
Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough
Charles George Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough (5 September 1818 – 13 August 1881), styled Viscount Campden between 1841 and 1866, was a British peer and Whig politician.
Background
Gainsborough was the only child of Charles Noel, 1st Earl of ...
his father was the Earl's second son. He was the elder brother of
Captain Noel an English mountaineer and filmmaker best known for his film of the
1924 British Mount Everest expedition alongside
George Mallory and
Andrew Irvine. He was educated at
The Oratory School,
Birmingham and the
Royal Military Academy,
Woolwich. Commissioned initially in the
Royal Garrison Artillery, he transferred to the
Indian Army in 1908.
He cycled from England to India twice, in 1909 and 1910.
Political career
In 1915, he was appointed
Vice-Consul to
Ahwaz in Persia
and
Consul for
Kerman
Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanization of Persian, romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in ...
and
Persian Baluchistan in 1929. He aided
Peter Polovtsov, a tsarist general to escape from Russia in 1918.
Then, while carrying despatches for
Dunsterforce, Noel was held hostage by the
Jangalis in 1919.
He became a
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in the
1918 New Year Honours
The 1918 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were published in ''The London Gazette'' and ''The Times'' in Ja ...
and was awarded the
Distinguished Service Order in 1919. In the aftermath of the
World War I, he supported a creation of an independent Kurdistan and made extensive excursions through the region and had established good relations with descendants of
Bedir Khan Beg and
Sheikh Ubeydullah.
Honours
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1919. He was Political Agent for
Kurram Agency in FATA in 1924. He commissioned to build a rest house in the
Chapri forest in
Parachinar. He was Consul to Kerman and Persian Baluchistan in 1929. He was Deputy Commissioner of Dehra Ismail Khan in 1931. He was Director of Agriculture and Allied Departments, North-West Frontier Provinces in 1933. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Indian Army.
References
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1886 births
1974 deaths
People educated at The Oratory School
Royal Garrison Artillery officers
Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire
Edward
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
British Indian Army officers
Recipients of the MacGregor Medal
British expatriates in Iran