Frank Noyce
Sir Frank Noyce, KCSI, CBE (4 June 1878 – 7 October 1948) was a member of the Indian Civil Service and member of Governor-General's Executive Council in charge of industries and labour from 1932 to 1937. Noyce was also a member of the Indian Public Schools' Society, which was set up by Satish Ranjan Das in 1928 with the aim of establishing The Doon School, an all-boys public school modelled on Eton College and Harrow School.[1]
His eldest son was the mountaineer and author Wilfrid Noyce, who was a member of the 1953 British Expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Everest.
References
[edit]- "Sir Frank Noyce". The Times. 8 October 1948. p. 7.
- ^ Foot, A. E. (1947). "The Doon School". Journal of the Royal Society of Arts. 95 (4741): 359–371. JSTOR 41364317.
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