Glocester is a town in Provience County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 9,948 at the 2000 census. The villages of Chepachet and Harmony are in Glocester. Glocester was named for Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester and was where the Dorr Rebellion began. During the American Revolution in 1776, Loyalists from Newport were exiled in Glocester to Stephen Keach's farm, including Thomas Vernon. Putnam Pike (U.S. Route 44) runs through the center of Glocester into Connecticut.