Andrew Noble ( 1831 - 1915 )

Birth: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland (13 September 1831) Death: Ardkinglas, a house in Argyllshire (22 October 1915) Education: Edinburgh; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich Career: Captain, Royal Artillery, later a Mechanical Engineer; Secretary to the Committe on rifled canon (1858) and to the Committee on plates and guns (1859); Assistant Inspector of Artillery (1860); joined the firm of Sir William G Armstrong and Company (1860), becoming Chairman Honours: CB 1881; KCB 1893; Bt 1902 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 2/06/1870 Medals/Prizes: Royal Medal 1880 Council: VP 1899-1900, 1909-1910.