Michael Antony Cristobal Noble, Baron Glenkinglas, PC (13 March 1913 – 15 May 1984) was a

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and Unionist

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. Noble was the youngest son of Sir John Noble, 1st Baronet, and the grandson of

Sir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet Sir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet (13 September 1831 – 22 October 1915) was a Scottish physicist noted for his work on ballistics and gunnery. Early life Born at Greenock, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy and at the Royal Military Academy, Woo ...

, and was educated at

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and

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. A farmer, he was president of the Black Face Sheep Breeders' Association and the Highland Cattle Society. He was an

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lor and a director of Associated Fisheries. From a by-election in June 1958 until his retirement in 1974 he was Member of Parliament for

. Noble was a Scottish

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from 1960 and

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from 1961. He was

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from 1962 to 1964 in the governments of

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and

Alec Douglas-Home Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel ( ; 2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), known as Lord Dunglass from 1918 to 1951 and the Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963, was a British statesman and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative ...

, taking over from John Maclay after the ''

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''. He returned to government as

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in 1970 and as Minister for Trade from 1970 to 1972 under

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. As Scottish Secretary, he presided over the last execution in Scotland when Henry John Burnett was hanged at Craiginches Prison in

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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 with a life peerage as Baron Glenkinglas, of Cairndow in the County of

. Although he was a good 25 years younger than the architectural historian

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, 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

Bibliography

*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, ,

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