Philip Noel-Baker

The Right Honourable The Lord Noel-Baker
Philip Noel-Baker in 1942
Minister of Fuel and Power
In office 15 February 1950 – 31 October 1951
Preceded by	Hugh Gaitskell
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
In office 7 October 1947 – 28 February 1950
Preceded by	The Viscount Addison
Succeeded by	Patrick Gordon Walker
Member of Parliament for Derby South (Derby 1936–1950)
In office 9 July 1936 – 29 May 1970
Preceded by	J. H. Thomas
Succeeded by	Walter Johnson
Member of Parliament for Coventry
In office 30 May 1929 – 6 October 1931
Preceded by	Archibald Boyd-Carpenter
Succeeded by	William 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
Died	8 October 1982(1982-10-08) (aged 92) Westminster, London
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Irene Noel ​ ​ (m. 1915; died 1956)​
Children	Francis Noel-Baker
Alma mater	Haverford College King's College, Cambridge
Awards	Nobel Peace Prize
Sports career
Medal record Athletics Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 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.