Background
Victor Ferrier Noel-Paton was born in Edinburgh in 1900, son of a senior official of the Government of India, sometime Director-General of Commercial Intelligence.
politician Member of the House of Lords
Victor Ferrier Noel-Paton was born in Edinburgh in 1900, son of a senior official of the Government of India, sometime Director-General of Commercial Intelligence.
Cargilfield Preparatory School.
After education at Cargilfield and the Edinburgh Academy, and service in the Royal Engineers in 1918-1919, he went to India and from 1920-1951 built a distinguished career in commerce and politics in Bombay. He also served for most of this period in the Indian Auxiliary Force, and held the rank of Major. He was an Honorary Aide-de-camp to the Governor of Bombay.
Noel-Paton was first commissioned on to the Auxiliary Force India 8 April 1919 and served as an officer of the Bombay Light Horse.
He was commissioned on to the Army in India Reserve of Officer on 10 February 1928. He served as Captain in the Army in India Reserve of Officer attached to the 19th King George V"s Own Lancers in the Indian Army from 1928 to 1934.
He received the Efficiency Decoration (Education) and was a Deputy Lieutenant. On 24 September 1958, he was made a life peer as Baron Ferrier, of Culter in the County of Lanark.
The plot is adjacent to his ancestor Joseph Noel Paton.
During this time he rose to the management and chairmanship of various companies, became President of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Bombay Legislative Council.