Henry Ruttan (June 12, 1792 – July 31, 1871) was a businessman, inventor and politician figure in Upper Canada.
The Ruttans were United Empire Loyalists from New York and descendants of French Huguenots who fled to America via England and Holland.
[2] After the war, he remained in the militia and reached the rank of colonel with the 3rd Battalion of Northumberland.
In 1820, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for Northumberland; he served until 1824 and was reelected in 1836.
Ruttan designed more efficient heating and ventilation equipment for buildings and also invented a system for heating and cooling railway coaches that was put to use by several railway companies in North America.