Major Major most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor in musi ...

Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part ...

Marc Noble (1927– January 1991) was a Scouting official. He was the Commonwealth Commissioner of

the Scout Association The Scout Association is the largest organisation in the Scout Movement in the Scouting in the United Kingdom, United Kingdom. Following the rapid development of the Scouting, Scout Movement from 1907, The Scout Association was formed in 1910 ...

, as well as the Chairman of the World Budget and Treasury Committee of the

World Organization of the Scout Movement The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest and, after the Order of World Scouts (formed in 1911), is the second-oldest international organization in the Scout Movement, having been established in 1922. It has 176 members. ...

. In 1988, Noble was awarded the 197th ''

Bronze Wolf The Bronze Wolf Award is an award presented by the World Organization of the Scout Movement for outstanding service by an individual to the Scout Movement. Just over 400 people have received the Bronze Wolf since its creation in 1935. WOSM has r ...

'', the only distinction of the

, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting. He was also a recipient of the

Silver World Award The Silver World Award is a distinguished service award of Scouting America. It is presented for noteworthy and extraordinary service to youth on an international basis. Recipients must be a citizen of a country with a member of the World Organi ...

. Noble was the great grandson of the engineer

Isambard Kingdom Brunel Isambard Kingdom Brunel ( ; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history", "one of the 19th-century engi ...

. He was

High Sheriff of Kent The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff)."Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instru ...

in 1985-86. He was awarded a CBE in the New Years Honours list 1991, but died of cancer a week later.

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Recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award 1927 births 1991 deaths The Scout Association High sheriffs of Kent Commanders_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire {{UK-business-bio-1920s-stub