| Henry Tennant | |
| Birth Place: | Countersett, England |
| Death Place: | York, England |
| Occupation: | Railway administrator |
Henry Tennant (1823 - 1910) was a British railway administrator. He served as general manager of the North Eastern Railway from 1870 to 1891. He was chairman of the Central London Railway from 1895 to 1898 and a director of the company after that.[1]
Henry Tennant was born in Countersett in 1823.[2]
He married Mary Jane Goundry on 17 February 1847. She died in 1900.[2]
He died at his home in York on 25 May 1910.[2]
From 1884 to 1885 the North Eastern Railway was without a Locomotive Superintendent. During this period the work was done by a Locomotive Committee, chaired by Henry Tennant.[3] The committee designed the NER 1463 Class 2-4-0 steam locomotive.