Sir Fredric Wise (16 August 1871-26 January 1928) was a banker, stockbroker, economist and Conservative Party politician active in the Ilford area. He was the eldest son of Alexander Josiah Patrick Wise of Belleville Park, County Waterford, Ireland and his wife Julia née Woods of Benton Hall, Northumberland. He entered banking in 1899. In 1903 he became a stockbroker in a firm he founded based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Wise was also a director of the Daily Express and of the Sudan Plantation Syndicate. He was knighted in 1924 New Years Honours.