Edward Noël Walker

Sir Edward Noël Walker KCMG (28 April 1842 – 20 September 1908) was a British colonial administrator who served as acting Governor of British Ceylon.

Walker was the son of Sir James Walker, also a colonial administrator, and Anne Brand. He was educated at Cheltenham College and Glasgow University.

In 1867, he was appointed assistant Government Secretary and clerk of the Court of Policy and Combined Court of British Guiana. In 1874, he went to Jamaica and took up the post of assistant Colonial Secretary, becoming the Colonial Secretary in 1883. In 1887, he was transferred to Ceylon where he served as Colonial Secretary until 1890, when he became Lieutenant-Governor and was frequently called upon to manage the Government.

Walker retired to London in 1901, and participated in local municipal affairs as a member of Kensington Borough Council. He was created a CMG in 1885 and a KCMG in 1888. In 1871, he married a daughter of H.S.Buscom of British Guiana. He died in Bath, Somerset on 20 September 1908.