| Code | DS/UK/6714 |
| Name | Baker; Philip John Noel- (1889-1982); British politician, diplomat, academic, amateur athlete, disarmament campaigner |
| Variations of Name | Philip John Noel-Baker |
| Dates | 1889-1982 |
| Gender | Male (cisgender) |
| Place of Birth/Origin | Brondesbury Park, London, England (born) |
| Relationships | Son of Joseph Allen Baker (Canadian Quaker) and Elizabeth Balmer Moscrip (Scottish)
Spouse of Irene Noel (field hospital nurse, friend of Virginia Woolf)
Partner of Megan Lloyd Georg (daughter of former Liberal Party leader David Lloyd George) |
| Biography | Philip John Noel-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.
Noel-Baker is the only person to have won an Olympic medal and received a Nobel Prize. He was a Labour member of parliament from 1929 to 1931 and from 1936 to 1970, serving in several ministerial offices and the cabinet. He became a life peer in 1977.
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