Henry Dickinson Lindsley (February 28, 1872 – November 18, 1938) was an American businessman who served as the 32nd Mayor of Dallas from 1915 to 1917.

He worked with others in Dallas to establish Southern Methodist University and obtain funding from the Rockefeller Foundation.

He bought and subdivided large tracts in North Texas[4] Lindsley was commissioned a colonel, serving as Director of the War Risk Insurance Bureau in France.

[5] For his service there, Lindsley was awarded the Commander of the Belgian Order of the Crown by King Albert of Belgium and the Officer of the French Legion of Honor of Marshal Ferdinand Foch.

[6][7] Lindsley's father was a judge and his maternal uncle, Jacob M. Dickinson, the Secretary of War in President Taft's Cabinet.