Background
NOBLE, Andrew was born on September 13, 1831 in Scotland. Son of G. Noble, Royal Navy.
NOBLE, Andrew was born on September 13, 1831 in Scotland. Son of G. Noble, Royal Navy.
Edinburgh Academy; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Doctor of Science (Oxfordshire.). Doctor of Science (Cambridge).
Doctor of Civil Law.
Secretary to Committee on Rifled Cannon, 1858. To Committee on Plates and Guns, 1859. Assistant Inspector of Artillery, 1859.
Also member of Ordnance Select Committee, 1860. Joined Sir W. G. Armstrong and Company 1860. Member of First Committee of Explosives from its formation until dissolved.
Member of present Board of Research. Member of Tariff Commission, 1904. President Federated Engineering Employers, United Kingdom.
Received Royal medal Royal Society, 1880. Gold medal Society Chemical Industry, 1908. Albert Medal, Royal Society of Arts, 1909.
Cartulary-register Companion of the Bath 1SS1. Puhlicdtions: Artillery and Explosives, 1906. Various Royal Society papers, pamphlets, lectures upon fired explosives and science of gunnery. 1st Baronet, cartulary-register 1902; Honourable of Ardmore and Ardardan Noble, Dumbartonshire, and of Ardkinglas, Argyllshire; Justice of the Peace and D.L. Northumberland (Sheriff 1896); late Captain R.A.; holds 1st Class Sacred Treasure of Japan; 1st Class Rising Sun; Grand Cordon of Orders of Mesoudieli and Medjidie and of Rose of Brazil; Commander of Crown of Italy, Dragon of China, and Jesus Christ of Portugal; Knight of Order of Charles III. of Spain; Foreign Member Academia dei Lincei, Rome; chairman Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Company, Limited.
Fellow of the Royal Society. Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. Fellow of the Chemical Society.
Member of Institution of Civil Engineers. Clubs: Carlton, Athenaeum, Army and Navy, United Service.
Spouse 1854, Margery,daughter of A. Campbell, Quebec. Spouse 1896, Mary Ethel,daughter of S. A. Walker-Waters of Chute Hall, Co. Heir: Major George John William.