Wilson Noble

Noble was born 21 November 1854 in Bloomsbury, a district in the West End of London. He was the son of the son of John Noble, Landowner, and his wife Lily.[2]

From 1886 to 1895, Noble served as a Conservative Member of Parliamentfor Hastings in East Sussex.[3][4]

He unsuccessfully contested the Hastings constituency at the 1885 general election, losing narrowly to the sitting Liberal MP Sir Thomas Brassey; however, at the 1886 general election Brassey stood down from the House of Commons and was elevated to the peerage as Baron Brassey of Bulkeley. Noble won the seat, and was re-elected in 1892. He retired from the Commons at the 1895 general election.[3]

In 1879, Noble was married to Marian Caroline Dana (1857–1927),[5] in Paris, France, where Marian was born.[6] She was a daughter of William Parsons Winchester Dana, an American born artist who became a naturalised British citizen. Through her mother, Marian was also the granddaughter of businessman James Boyles Murray, a descendant of Sir James Murray, Lord Philiphaugh, the Lord Clerk Register of Scotland. In 1901, Noble was living at Tangley Park in Worplesdon with his wife, four daughters, a niece, and ten servants.[2] In London, they resided at 52 Sloane St.[7] Together, they were the parents of:[6]

• Lilian Georgette Noble (b. 1881),[6] who married Captain Robert Harcourt Ord Capper, Prince of Wales's North Staffordshire Regiment, of The Northgate, Herefordshire, and was mother of the 1952 Summer Olympics shooting sport participant Ingram Capper.[8][9]
• Marian Murray Noble (b. 1883)[6]
• Evelyn Violet Noble (b. 1886)[6]
• Nadine Frances Noble (1891–1983), who married Guy William Lambert, the son of Joseph Alexander Lambert, the High Sheriff of Mayo.[6] Guy was the Assistant Under-Secretary of State for War between 1938 and 1951.[10]

At the time of his death, he lived at Park Place, near Remenham in Berkshire.[7] Noble died on 1 November 1917.

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Wilson Noble