John Henry Connell (24 May, 1860–9 December, 1952) was an Australian hotelier and patron of the arts.
As a young man, he worked at the Prince's Bridge Hotel, owned by Henry Figsby Young and Thomas Joshua Jackson (Jackson was married to Connell's aunt, Sarah, widow of Michael Cavanagh).
In 1888 he married Emily Baker (1866–1913), who has been given credit for cultivating his taste in art.
[3] In September 1913, after Emily's death, he married Ellen (‘Nellie’) Harris (1870–1950), the widow of his cousin, James Cavanagh.
[3] Connell Place in the Canberra suburb of Conder is named in his honour.