Philip Noel-Baker

The Lord Noel-Baker
Philip Noel-Baker in 1942
Minister of Fuel and Power
In office
15 February 1950 – 31 October 1951
Preceded byHugh Gaitskell
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
In office
7 October 1947 – 28 February 1950
Preceded byThe Viscount Addison
Succeeded byPatrick Gordon Walker
Member of Parliament
for Derby South
(Derby 1936–1950)
In office
9 July 1936 – 29 May 1970
Preceded byJ. H. Thomas
Succeeded byWalter Johnson
Member of Parliament
for Coventry
In office
30 May 1929 – 6 October 1931
Preceded byArchibald Boyd-Carpenter
Succeeded byWilliam Strickland
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a life peer
22 July 1977 – 8 October 1982
Personal details
Born
Philip John Baker

1 November 1889
Brondesbury Park, London
Died8 October 1982(1982-10-08) (aged 92)
Westminster, London
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Irene Noel
(m. 1915; died 1956)
ChildrenFrancis Noel-Baker
Alma materHaverford College
King's College, Cambridge
AwardsNobel Peace Prize
Sports career
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1920 Antwerp 1500 m

Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, PC (1 November 1889 – 8 October 1982), born Philip John 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 at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959.[1]

Noel-Baker is the only person to have won an Olympic medal and received a Nobel Prize.[2] He was a Labour Member of Parliament (UK) for 36 years, serving from 1929 to 1931 and again from 1936 to 1970, serving in several ministerial offices and the cabinet. He was created a life peer in 1977.

  1. ^ "Philip Noel-Baker; The Nobel Peace Prize 1959". Nobelprize.org. The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
  2. ^ "Olympic Games trivia for pedants" Archived 9 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Canberra Times, 2 August 2012.