Henry Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea

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Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea (6 July 1821 – 28 November 1894) was a Welsh industrialist.

The son of industrialist and MP John Henry Vivian, Henry Hussey Vivian served as a Member of Parliament for Truro 1852-7, Glamorganshire 1857–85 and Swansea District 1885–93. He developed a range of by-products from the copper-smelting business founded by his father, and introduced the "sliding scale" of miners' wages after the strike of 1889. It was largely due to his efforts that Swansea became a major industrial centre. He was created a baronet in 1882 and Baron Swansea in 1893.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Ennis Vivian Humphrey Willyams	Member of Parliament for Truro with John Ennis Vivian 1852–1857	Succeeded by Augustus Smith Edward Brydges Willyams
Preceded by Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot Sir George Tyler	Member of Parliament for Glamorganshire with Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot 1857–1885	Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Preceded by Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn	Member of Parliament for Swansea District 1885–1893	Succeeded by William Williams
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New Creation	Baron Swansea	Succeeded by Ernest Vivian