Henry Wills Rischbieth (26 January 1870 – 27 March 1925) was a prominent^[1] Australian grazier and wool merchant, described as "one of Western Australia's best known and enterprising businessmen."^[2]

Rischbieth was the husband of Bessie Rischbieth, a South Australian feminist, social activist, and campaigner for women's rights.

Rischbieth was born in Glenelg in the colony of South Australia to Charles Rischbieth, a Hanover-born merchant and business leader, and Elizabeth Susan Wills. He studied at Prince Alfred College.^[3]

A noted athlete in his youth, Rischbieth played Australian Rules Football for Norwood.^[1][4] While in England, he also played rugby, representing the North of England in a match against Scotland.^[5]

Rischbieth learned the wool business during an extended visit to Bradford, England.^[2] After returning to Australia, he moved to Western Australia in 1899,^[6]: 153 settled in Peppermint Grove, and built Henry Wills & Co., a large grazing and wool business.^[7]: 55 Rischbieth died in 1925 in London,^[1] worth approximately 300,000 pounds.^[3] He had been ill for some time and had sought medical treatment in Melbourne, Philadelphia, USA,^[8] and finally England.^[1]

Rischbieth married Bessie Mabel Earle at the Wesleyan Church in Kent Town^[9]: 85 on 22 October 1898,^[10]: 319 who became a prominent social reformer and advocate for women's rights. The couple did not have children.^[11]

Rischbieth's father was businessman and colonist Charles Rischbieth. His cousin Oswald Rishbeth was a pioneer of academic geography in Britain.