Christopher Noble
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Christopher Noble | |
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| 9th Surveyor General of Malaysia | |
| In office 26 January 1953 – 25 March 1956 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred George Billing |
| Succeeded by | Luis Sigismund Himley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 August 1902 Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 20 July 1982 (aged 79) Little Common, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex |
| Spouse | Barbara Constance Watherstone |
| Occupation | Surveyor |
Christopher Noble (18 August 1902 – 20 July 1986) was an English surveyor who served as the ninth Surveyor-General of the Federated Malay States from 1953 to 1956.
Christopher Noble was born on 18 August 1902 in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England, the oldest of two children to William Hobkirk Noble (Chief Lithographer - Survey Department, Kuala Lumpur) and Jane Annie née Ward.
He attended Hanson Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire before travelling to Australia, where he qualified as a licensed land surveyor at the University of Western Australia in March 1925.[1]
Professional career
On 18 April 1925 he was appointed as a surveyor in the Singapore Survey Department and on 30 April 1934 was promoted to senior surveyor.[2] Until 1930 he worked mainly with the Toposurvey Branch, in Pahang, before working with the Survey Department in Kuala Lumpur, serving as the acting Assistant Surveyor-General between February 1940 and June 1941.
On 13 July 1942 he enlisted in Melbourne in the Royal Australian Air Force and served as a flying officer. He was honourably discharged on 24 June 1944 and returned to Malaya.
Noble was appointed as deputy Surveyor-General of the Federated Malay Straits in August 1949,[3] and then Surveyor-General on 26 January 1953.[4] He retired on 25 March 1956 and was succeeded by Luis Sigismund Himley.[5] Upon his retirement he returned to England,[6] where he died 20 July 1982 in Little Common, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, at the age of 79.