Wilfred Eric Rice (25 May 1898 - 14 September 1979) was a businessman and local politician.
The son of Sir Frederick Gill Rice, sometime member of parliament for Harwich, he was educated at Dulwich College. During the First World War he jheld a commission in the 3rd London Regiment, and was severely wounded on the Western Front.
He entered the family business of Rice & Son, building contractors, in 1919. He rose to become chairman and governing director of the company.
In January 1945 he was appointed to Westminster City Council to fill a wartime vacancy as a councillor for St John ward. When elections resumed in November 1945 he was elected as a councillor for St Margaret Ward, holding the seat until 1959, when he became an alderman, leaving the council in 1962.
He was Mayor of Westminster for 1951-52, and represented the City of Westminster on the Metropolitan Water Board. He was awarded the OBE in 1942 and the CBE in 1948.
Master of the Worshipful Company of Innholders.
Details of a scrapbook, here and a photograph, both held at the City of Westminster Archives.