Henry Hetherington

Henry Hetherington
BornJune 1792
Soho, London, England
Died24 August 1849
Hanover Square, London, England
Resting placeKensal Green Cemetery
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Printer and publisher
EmployerLuke Hansard
Known forSuffragist and social activist
MovementChartism
Criminal chargesBlasphemy; non-payment of stamp duty
SpouseElizabeth Thomas (1811–?)
Children9

Henry Hetherington (June 1792 – 24 August 1849) was an English printer, bookseller, publisher and newspaper proprietor who campaigned for social justice, a free press, universal suffrage and religious freethought. Together with his close associates, William Lovett, John Cleave and James Watson, he was a leading member of numerous co-operative and radical groups, including the Owenite British Association for the Promotion of Co-operative Knowledge, the National Union of the Working Classes and the London Working Men's Association. As proprietor of [[The Poor Man's Guardian|The Poor Man's Guardian]] he played a major role in the "War of the Unstamped" and was imprisoned three times for refusing to pay newspaper stamp duty. He was a leader of the "moral force" wing of the Chartist movement and a supporter of pro-democracy movements in other countries. His name is included on the Reformers' Memorial in Kensal Green Cemetery.