Ernest Noel, FGS (18 August 1831 – 20 May 1931) was

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(MP) for the Scottish seat of Dumfries Burghs from 1874 to 1886. He was chairman of the

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from 1880, during the construction of a new suburb for the working classes in

Wood Green Wood Green is a suburban district in the borough of Haringey in London, England. Its postal district is N22, with parts in N8 or N15. The London Plan identifies it as one of the metropolitan centres in Greater London, and today it forms a maj ...

which was named "

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" in his honour.

Family

Noel was the second son of the Reverend

Baptist Wriothesley Noel The Reverend The Honourable Baptist Wriothesley Noel (Wells, J. C. ''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. 3rd edition. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2008. ''REYE-əths-lee''; 16 July 1798 – 19 January 1873) was an English evangelical clerg ...

and Jane Noel (née Baillie). His father was the tenth son of

Sir Gerard Noel Sir Gerard Noel Noel, 2nd Baronet (17 July 1759 – 25 February 1838), of Welham Grove in Leicestershire and Exton Park in Rutland, known as Gerard Edwardes until 1798, was an English Member of Parliament. Background Gerard Noel was born Ger ...

and Diana, Baroness Barham and brother of Charles Noel, 3rd Baron Barham (later 1st

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). Noel married three times and was widowed twice: # 1857–1870 - Louisa Hope, daughter of Thomas Milne # 1873–1902 - Lady Augusta Keppel, daughter of the 6th Earl of Albemarle # 1909–1931 - Sidney Emily Saunders, daughter of the Reverend W Sidney SaundersIndex Entries, He died in May 1931 aged 99 years.

Career

Noel was educated in Edinburgh, was elected a

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of the

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in 1849,. Between 17 March 1851, and 11 Feb 1852, he partnered Hiram Williams as a Civil Mineral Engineer, Agent, and Surveyor and, together, they reported on the Hafod-y-Llan and Sygun mines in Snowdonia for a prospective buyer. He later entered

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

at the age of 25. Between 1874 and 1886, Noel was

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member of Parliament for the Scottish seat of Dumfries Burghs.http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/mr-ernest-noel Hansard record In the 1886 and

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elections he stood in

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as a

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candidate but was unsuccessful both times. From 1880, was chairman of the

a for profit

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, interested in the construction of improved housing for the working classes. The company's "

" 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.

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* 1831 births 1931 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 Liberal Unionist Party MPs for Scottish constituencies Scottish Liberal Party MPs

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