Noel Gilroy Annan, Baron Annan, OBE was a British military intelligence officer, author, and academic. During his military career, he rose to the rank of colonel and was appointed to the Order of the British Empire as an Officer (OBE). He was provost of King's College, Cambridge, 1956โ66, provost of University College London, 1966โ78, vice-chancellor of the University of London, and a member of the House of Lords.