Henry Rice (January 15, 1786 – October 15, 1867) was an American Army officer in the War of 1812, a leading Boston merchant, a member of the Boston City Council and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

He was a trader of imported goods in Boston and lived at 8 Bulfinch Street in Boston's Beacon Hill district,[3] but he maintained a substantial estate in Marlborough that he inherited from his father Noah.

[4] Rice's grandson Charles Austin Coolidge was a brigadier general in the U.S.

[5] Upon Rice's death, his estate near the center of Marlborough 42°20′52″N 71°32′57″W / 42.34765°N 71.54924°W / 42.34765; -71.54924 was sold to build housing for workers in the shoe factories that were being established in the rapidly industrializing town.

Rice Street in the Middle Village area near downtown Marlborough was named after Henry at that time.