Thomas Tertius Noble

Thomas Tertius Noble (1867–1953) was an English-born organist, choirmaster, composer, educator, and hymnal editor whose career joined Anglican cathedral music with American Episcopal worship. Born in Bath, he studied at the Royal College of Music and served as an organist and choirmaster in England, including appointments at Ely Cathedral and York Minster.

At York, Noble directed major musical organizations and strengthened the city's choral life. In 1913 he moved to the United States to become organist and choirmaster of St. Thomas Church in New York City. There he established a choir school and developed a boys' choir that became an important part of the parish's musical identity. He also wrote about church music and participated in Episcopal hymnal work, including the musical preparation surrounding the 1916 hymnal and its 1940 successor.

Noble composed services, anthems, organ works, and hymn tunes. His tune ROCKPORT, written in the twentieth century, was published with James Montgomery's “Hail to the Lord's Anointed” in The Hymnbook of 1955. That particular musical setting carried its own copyright history, distinct from Montgomery's public-domain text. Noble died in Rockport, Massachusetts, in 1953.