Noel Charles

Sir Noel Hughes Havelock Charles, 3rd Baronet, KCMG, MC (20 November 1891 – 8 September 1975) was a British diplomat.

Charles was the younger son of Sir Havelock Charles, 1st Baronet, Serjeant Surgeon to King George V. Educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford, he served in the First World War in France, receiving the Military Cross[1] and two mentions in despatches.

While in Rome, he sent a memo to the British government suggesting that they urge Italy to set up a system of issuing exit permits to prevent Italy being used as a pathway for Jews seeking to reach Israel.

Noel's Rome home was extensively damaged during a 1946 bombing by Irgun terrorists; he and his wife were away that day.

[6] Charles died in September 1975, aged 83, at which time the baronetcy became extinct.