Henry Harris (April 6, 1843 - January 6, 1914) was an English farmer,[1] volunteer soldier, and officeholder in northern Dorset who served on the Sherborne Board of Guardians and represented the village of Silton on the Shaftesbury Rural District Council.

Henry's brother Alban Harris (1845-1918) served as a Sergeant in the Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry from 1865 to 1891, and his uncle Robert Harris’ four sons fought in Ohio regiments in the American Civil War.

He enrolled as a Private in the Blackmoor Vale Rifle Corps, located in Sturminster, on January 19, 1860.

[6] In 1883 he was elected to represent Purse Caundle on the Sherborne Board of Guardians, and that same year served as a meresman, marking the new parish boundaries.

[1] Manor Farm, located beside St. Nicholas' Church and Wyndham's Oak, was part of the Zeals Estate, land owned by Colonel Edward Troyte-Bullock, Commanding Officer of the Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry.