Ernest Noel, FGS (18 August 1831 – 20 May
1931) was member of Parliament for the Scottish seat of Dumfries Burghs from 1874 to 1886. He
was chairman of the Artizans, Labourers & General Dwellings Company from 1880, during the
construction of a new suburb for the working classes in Wood Green which was named "Noel Park" in his honour.
Noel was educated in Edinburgh, was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society in 1849, and entered Trinity College, Cambridge at the age of 25.
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From 1880, was chairman of the Artizans, Labourers & General Dwellings Company a for profit joint stock company, interested in the construction of improved housing for the working classes. The company's "Noel Park" estate at Wood Green was named in his honour. Noel was deputy chairman of the English and Scottish London Board of the Eagle, Star and British Dominions Insurance Company. He was chairman of the Mercantile Investment Trust until the age of 95.