Henry Clarke (died 22 July 1914) was a British businessman and local politician in London.
Clarke carried out business at Gracechurch Street in the City of London as a coal importer and commission merchant.
[1][2] In 1883 he was elected to the Common Council of the City of London as a representative of Bishopsgate Ward, a post he held until his death.
[3][4] He was chairman of the City's Library Committee in 1887, and in 1897 commissioned and donated a painting by Andrew Carrick Gow to the Guildhall Art Gallery to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
[7] When the first London County Council elections were held in January 1889, Clarke was elected as one of four councillors representing the City of London, and was appointed chairman of the Improvements Committee.