perspective on the Middle Ages, which was similar to that of William Morris and John Ruskin, Reginald Groves wrote: Politics Having become a socialist shortly after finishing his university studies, he joined the Social Democratic Federation. He joined the Independent Labour Party, but in 1911 became a member of the newly formed British Socialist Party. Noel also supported the British Provisional Committee for the Defence of Leon Trotsky, and signed a letter defending Trotsky's right to asylum and calling for an international inquiry into the Moscow Trials. Personal life He was a friend of the composer Gustav Holst who also lived for some years in the town of Thaxted. He died of cancer on 22 July 1942 aged 73. A sculpture by Gertrude Hermes is in Thaxted church. Publications Ought Christians to be Socialists?, 1909. Transcript of a debate with the Christadelphian Frank Jannaway. See also John Groser Stewart Headlam Liberal Anglo-Catholicism References Footnotes Works cited Further reading 1869 births 1942 deaths 20th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Chichester Theological College Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Anglican pacifists Anglo-Catholic socialists British Socialist Party members English Christian pacifists English Christian socialists Independent Labour Party Conrad People educated at Cheltenham College People educated at Winchester College People from Richmond, London People from Thaxted