Person    | Male  Born 1/11/1889  Died 8/10/1982

Philip Noel-Baker

Politician and Nobel prize-winner. Born Philip John Noel-Baker at Woodstock, Brondesbury Park. Educated in Britain and America. During his career at Cambridge, he was selected for the 1500 metres event in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games. He won the silver medal for the same event at Antwerp in 1920. After WW1, he became heavily involved in the formation of the League of Nations, serving aa assistant to Lord Robert Cecil (who also has a plaque at the South Eaton Place address). Entered parliament briefly in 1929 and again in 1936. Died at his home 16 South Eaton Place.

An advocate of multilateral nuclear disarmament, rather than unilateral disarmament, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959. In 1979, with Fenner Brockway, he co-founded the World Disarmament Campaign, serving as co-Chair until he died, and was an active supporter of disarmament into the 1980s.He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959.

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