Noel-Baker, Philip, 1889-1982

Philip Noel-Baker (1889-1982) was born in London and educated at Ackworth and Bootham Schools and King's College, Cambridge. A conscientious objector, he was actively opposed to military preparations whilst at University and served with the Friends' Ambulance Unit on the Western Front from Sep. 1914 and with the Red Cross on the Italian Front from 1915 to 1918. He followed a political career after the First World War, serving in the League of Nations section at the Foriegn Office from 1918.

From the guide to the Interview with Philip Noel-Baker, 1974, (GB 206 Leeds University Library)

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