William Alexander Noblett, CBE (born 16 April 1953) is a retired Anglican priest and author: he was Chaplain-General of Prisons from 2001 to 2011. He was educated at The High School, Dublin, Southampton University, and , with a B.Th. from Southampton in 1978, graduating with an M.Th. in Applied Theology at Oxford University in 1998. He was ordained deacon in 1978 and priest in 1979. After a curacy in Sholing he was Rector of Ardamine Union from 1980 to 1982. He was a Chaplain in the RAF from 1982 to 1984; and Vicar of St Thomas, Middlesbrough from 1984 to 1987. He was a prison chaplain at Wakefield, Norwich and Full Sutton prisons 1987-2001, before becoming Chaplain General and Archdeacon of Prisons. He was a Canon and Prebend of York Minster from 2001 to 2012, and is a Canon Emeritus; an