Sir Herbert James Francis Parsons, 1st Baronet (9 September 1870 – 2 February 1940) was a British businessman and politician.
In 1892 he inherited his father's manufacturing chemist and pharmaceutical business, Ashton & Parsons.
Parsons was appointed a Knight Bachelor on 1 January 1912.
In July 1912 he was elected to fill a vacancy as a Municipal Reform Party alderman on the London County Council.
On 24 June 1918, Parsons was created a baronet, of Winton Lodge in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom "for public and patriotic services" in the 1918 Birthday Honours.