 He was in turn sheriff (1878), mayor and alderman (1879), and magistrate (1882) for Worcester; as mayor he reopened the old Guildhall, which had been restored and enlarged.For many years he was one of the honorary secretaries of the Worcester Diocesan Architectural and Archæological Society.Noake died at Worcester on 12 September 1894 and was buried at the cemetery in Astwood Road on 15 September.