Noble Colonel Arthur
A Massachusetts officer, sent by Governor
Shirley in 1746 to oppose Ramesay in Acadia. Occupied Grand Pre without
opposition, Ramesay having retreated to Chignecto. In February of the
following year a party of Canadians and Indians under Coulon de Villiers
surprised the British garrison at Grand Pre, and in the fight Noble and
his brother, with a large number of men, were killed, and the rest
forced to capitulate. =Bib.=: Parkman, Half Century of Conflict;
Hannay, History of Acadia.