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	Lieutenant-Colonel '''Edward William Charles Noel''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|CIE\|DSO}} (14 April 1886 – 10 December 1974) was a [[British Empire\|British]] officer, diplomat and spy.		Lieutenant-Colonel '''Edward William Charles Noel''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|CIE\|DSO}} (14 April 1886 – 10 December 1974) was a [[British Empire\|British]] officer, diplomat and spy.
	==Relatives==		==Relatives==
	The grandson of [[Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough]]<ref name=Lundy>{{cite web\|last=Lundy\|first=Darryl\|title=Lt.-Col. Edward William Charles Noel\|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p4648.htm#i46473\|publisher=The Peerage\|access-date=1 December ~~2022~~}}</ref> his father was the Earl's second son. He was the elder brother of [[John Baptist Lucius Noel\|Captain Noel]] an English mountaineer and filmmaker best known for his film of the [[1924 British Mount Everest expedition]] alongside [[George Mallory]] and [[Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)\|Andrew Irvine]]. He was educated at [[The Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]] and the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich\|Royal Military Academy]], [[Woolwich]]. Commissioned initially in the [[Royal Garrison Artillery]], he transferred to the [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]] in 1908.<ref>London Gazette Issue 28230 published on 5 March 1909. Page 13</ref>		The grandson of [[Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough]]<ref name=Lundy>{{cite web\|last=Lundy\|first=Darryl\|title=Lt.-Col. Edward William Charles Noel\|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p4648.htm#i46473\|publisher=The Peerage\|access-date=1 December 2013}}</ref> his father was the Earl's second son. He was the elder brother of [[John Baptist Lucius Noel\|Captain Noel]] an English mountaineer and filmmaker best known for his film of the [[1924 British Mount Everest expedition]] alongside [[George Mallory]] and [[Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)\|Andrew Irvine]]. He was educated at [[The Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]] and the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich\|Royal Military Academy]], [[Woolwich]]. Commissioned initially in the [[Royal Garrison Artillery]], he transferred to the [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]] in 1908.<ref>London Gazette Issue 28230 published on 5 March 1909. Page 13</ref>

	He cycled from England to India twice, in 1909 and 1910.<ref name=Const>{{Citation\|publisher = J. Murray\|isbn = 0719550173\|ol = 21834391M\|location = London\|title = On Secret Service East of Constantinople\|author = Peter Hopkirk\|author-link = Peter Hopkirk\|date = 1994\|oclc = 30437370\|id = 0719550173}}</ref>		He cycled from England to India twice, in 1909 and 1910.<ref name=Const>{{Citation\|publisher = J. Murray\|isbn = 0719550173\|ol = 21834391M\|location = London\|title = On Secret Service East of Constantinople\|author = Peter Hopkirk\|author-link = Peter Hopkirk\|date = 1994\|oclc = 30437370\|id = 0719550173}}</ref>
	==Political career==		==Political career==
	In 1915, he was appointed [[Vice-Consul]] to [[Ahwaz]] in Persia<ref name=Lundy /><ref>London Gazette Issue 29183 published on 4 June 1915. Page 8</ref> and [[Consul (representative)\|Consul]] for [[Kerman]] and [[Sistan and Baluchestan Province\|Persian Baluchistan]] in 1929.<ref>London Gazette Issue 33548 published on 1 November 1929. Page 4</ref> He aided [[Peter Polovtsov]], a tsarist general to escape from Russia in 1918.<ref name="Fitzpatrick">{{cite web \|last1=Fitzpatrick \|first1=David \|title=Edward William Charles Noel – political officer and spy \|url=https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2016/04/edward-william-charles-noel-political-officer-and-spy.html \|website=blogs.bl.uk \|publisher=British Library \|access-date=1 July 2021 \|language=en}}</ref> Then, while carrying despatches for [[Dunsterforce]], Noel was held hostage by the [[Jungle Movement of Gilan\|Jangalis]] in 1919.<ref name="WFADunsterforce">{{cite web\|url=http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/dunsterforce-the-fighting-in-north-west-persia-during-1918/\|title=Dunsterforce: The Fighting in North-West Persia During 1918\|last=Fecitt\|first=Harry\|publisher=The Western Front Association\|access-date=8 June ~~2022~~}}</ref> He became a [[Order of the Indian Empire\|Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] in the [[1918 New Year Honours]]<ref>London Gazette Issue 30451 published on 28 December 1917. Page 5</ref> and was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in 1919.<ref>London Gazette Issue 31374 published on 30 May 1919. Page 6</ref> In the aftermath of the [[World War I]], he supported a creation of an independent Kurdistan and made extensive excursions through the region and had established good relations with descendants of [[Bedir Khan Beg]] and [[Sheikh Ubeydullah]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite book\|last=Olson\|first=Robert W.\|title=The emergence of Kurdish nationalism and the Sheikh Said Rebellion, 1880-1925\|date=1989\|publisher=University of Texas Press\|isbn=978-0-292-77619-7\|pages=53–54\|language=en}}</ref>		In 1915, he was appointed [[Vice-Consul]] to [[Ahwaz]] in Persia<ref name=Lundy /><ref>London Gazette Issue 29183 published on 4 June 1915. Page 8</ref> and [[Consul (representative)\|Consul]] for [[Kerman]] and [[Sistan and Baluchestan Province\|Persian Baluchistan]] in 1929.<ref>London Gazette Issue 33548 published on 1 November 1929. Page 4</ref> He aided [[Peter Polovtsov]], a tsarist general to escape from Russia in 1918.<ref name="Fitzpatrick">{{cite web \|last1=Fitzpatrick \|first1=David \|title=Edward William Charles Noel – political officer and spy \|url=https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2016/04/edward-william-charles-noel-political-officer-and-spy.html \|website=blogs.bl.uk \|publisher=British Library \|access-date=1 July 2021 \|language=en}}</ref> Then, while carrying despatches for [[Dunsterforce]], Noel was held hostage by the [[Jungle Movement of Gilan\|Jangalis]] in 1919.<ref name="WFADunsterforce">{{cite web\|url=http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/dunsterforce-the-fighting-in-north-west-persia-during-1918/\|title=Dunsterforce: The Fighting in North-West Persia During 1918\|last=Fecitt\|first=Harry\|publisher=The Western Front Association\|access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref> He became a [[Order of the Indian Empire\|Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] in the [[1918 New Year Honours]]<ref>London Gazette Issue 30451 published on 28 December 1917. Page 5</ref> and was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in 1919.<ref>London Gazette Issue 31374 published on 30 May 1919. Page 6</ref> In the aftermath of the [[World War I]], he supported a creation of an independent Kurdistan and made extensive excursions through the region and had established good relations with descendants of [[Bedir Khan Beg]] and [[Sheikh Ubeydullah]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite book\|last=Olson\|first=Robert W.\|title=The emergence of Kurdish nationalism and the Sheikh Said Rebellion, 1880-1925\|date=1989\|publisher=University of Texas Press\|isbn=978-0-292-77619-7\|pages=53–54\|language=en}}</ref>
	==Honours==		==Honours==
	He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1919. He was Political Agent for [[Kurram Agency]] in FATA in 1924. He commissioned to build a rest house in the [[Chapri forest]] in [[Parachinar]]. He was Consul to Kerman and Persian Baluchistan in 1929. He was Deputy Commissioner of Dehra Ismail Khan in 1931. He was Director of Agriculture and Allied Departments, North-West Frontier Provinces in 1933. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Indian Army.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Person Page\|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p4648.htm#i46473\|access-date=2021-06-03\|website=www.thepeerage.com}}</ref>		He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1919. He was Political Agent for [[Kurram Agency]] in FATA in 1924. He commissioned to build a rest house in the [[Chapri forest]] in [[Parachinar]]. He was Consul to Kerman and Persian Baluchistan in 1929. He was Deputy Commissioner of Dehra Ismail Khan in 1931. He was Director of Agriculture and Allied Departments, North-West Frontier Provinces in 1933. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Indian Army.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Person Page\|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p4648.htm#i46473\|access-date=2021-06-03\|website=www.thepeerage.com}}</ref>

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Lieutenant-Colonel '''Edward William Charles Noel''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CIE|DSO}} (14 April 1886 – 10 December 1974) was a [[British Empire|British]] officer, diplomat and spy.
==Relatives==
The grandson of [[Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough]]<ref name=Lundy>{{cite web|last=Lundy|first=Darryl|title=Lt.-Col. Edward William Charles Noel|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p4648.htm#i46473|publisher=The Peerage|access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref> his father was the Earl's second son. He was the elder brother of [[John Baptist Lucius Noel|Captain Noel]] an English mountaineer and filmmaker best known for his film of the [[1924 British Mount Everest expedition]] alongside [[George Mallory]] and [[Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)|Andrew Irvine]]. He was educated at [[The Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]] and the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|Royal Military Academy]], [[Woolwich]]. Commissioned initially in the [[Royal Garrison Artillery]], he transferred to the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] in 1908.<ref>London Gazette Issue 28230 published on 5 March 1909. Page 13</ref>

He cycled from England to India twice, in 1909 and 1910.<ref name=Const>{{Citation|publisher = J. Murray|isbn = 0719550173|ol = 21834391M|location = London|title = On Secret Service East of Constantinople|author = Peter Hopkirk|author-link = Peter Hopkirk|date = 1994|oclc = 30437370|id = 0719550173}}</ref>
==Political career==
In 1915, he was appointed [[Vice-Consul]] to [[Ahwaz]] in Persia<ref name=Lundy /><ref>London Gazette Issue 29183 published on 4 June 1915. Page 8</ref> and [[Consul (representative)|Consul]] for [[Kerman]] and [[Sistan and Baluchestan Province|Persian Baluchistan]] in 1929.<ref>London Gazette Issue 33548 published on 1 November 1929. Page 4</ref> He aided [[Peter Polovtsov]], a tsarist general to escape from Russia in 1918.<ref name="Fitzpatrick">{{cite web |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1=David |title=Edward William Charles Noel – political officer and spy |url=https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2016/04/edward-william-charles-noel-political-officer-and-spy.html |website=blogs.bl.uk |publisher=British Library |access-date=1 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Then, while carrying despatches for [[Dunsterforce]], Noel was held hostage by the [[Jungle Movement of Gilan|Jangalis]] in 1919.<ref name="WFADunsterforce">{{cite web|url=http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/dunsterforce-the-fighting-in-north-west-persia-during-1918/|title=Dunsterforce: The Fighting in North-West Persia During 1918|last=Fecitt|first=Harry|publisher=The Western Front Association|access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref> He became a [[Order of the Indian Empire|Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] in the [[1918 New Year Honours]]<ref>London Gazette Issue 30451 published on 28 December 1917. Page 5</ref> and was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in 1919.<ref>London Gazette Issue 31374 published on 30 May 1919. Page 6</ref> In the aftermath of the [[World War I]], he supported a creation of an independent Kurdistan and made extensive excursions through the region and had established good relations with descendants of [[Bedir Khan Beg]] and [[Sheikh Ubeydullah]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|last=Olson|first=Robert W.|title=The emergence of Kurdish nationalism and the Sheikh Said Rebellion, 1880-1925|date=1989|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-77619-7|pages=53–54|language=en}}</ref>
==Honours==
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1919. He was Political Agent for [[Kurram Agency]] in FATA in 1924. He commissioned to build a rest house in the [[Chapri forest]] in [[Parachinar]]. He was Consul to Kerman and Persian Baluchistan in 1929. He was Deputy Commissioner of Dehra Ismail Khan in 1931. He was Director of Agriculture and Allied Departments, North-West Frontier Provinces in 1933. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Indian Army.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Person Page|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p4648.htm#i46473|access-date=2021-06-03|website=www.thepeerage.com}}</ref>

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