Herbert Rayner Freeman (6 March 1864 - April 1945) was an English born Ceylonese public servant and politician.
During this time, he served as the Police Constable of Kandy, Matara, Hatton, Galle and as a District Judge he worked in Jaffna, Kegalle and Chilaw.
In 1915 Freeman was appointed as Government Agent of the North-Central Province a job he maintained until he retired on 20 November 1919, at the age of 55, having served with the Ceylon Civil Service for 32 years.
He decided to remain and engage himself in working for the improvement of the life of the villagers of the North Central Province.
In 1924 Freeman contested the seat for the North Central Province in the Legislative Council of Ceylon, winning the election on 12 September 1924 by a majority of 7,423 having received 8,311 votes as against 888 for the incumbent, S. D.