Arthur Noble
| Lt. Col. Arthur Noble | |
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Arthur Noble
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| Born | 1695 Enniskillen, Ireland |
| Died | February 11, 1747 Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia |
| Allegiance |
 British America
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| Service/branch | Massachusetts Bay colonial militia |
| Years of service | c. 1725 – 1747 † |
| Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel commissioned Feb. 5, 1744 |
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| Battles/wars |
Siege of Louisbourg (1745) Battle of Grand Pré |
Arthur Noble (c. 1695 – February 11, 1747) was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the colonial militia of the British Province of Massachusetts Bay. He is best known for his role in military actions in Nova Scotia during King George's War (the North American theater of the War of the Austrian Succession). He was killed in the Battle of Grand Pré.
He was born in Enniskillen, Ireland, and immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts c. 1720 with the Lithgow family, being a close associate with Robert Lithgow. Both families entered the colonial militia and helped to ward off numerous attacks of French and Indians along the banks of Casco Bay and the Kennebec River during the War of the Austrian Succession and the conflicts that led to the French and Indian Wars. On December 14, 1725, Arthur Noble married Sarah Macklin.
Noble was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel of Col. Waldo’s Regiment to be raised for the expedition to reduce the Fortress Louisbourg, one of the strongest forts in New France. Within fifty-six days, the New England provinces raised 4,300 men for the Louisburg Expedition. Waldo was made Brigadier-General and gave about a fourth of his command in charge to Col. Noble. The fall of Louisburg on June 17, 1745 heightened the fears of the French that they might lose all of Canada.
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