Henry Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton

The Lord Congleton
Paymaster General
In office
27 April 1836 – 19 June 1841
MonarchsWilliam IV
Victoria
Prime MinisterThe Viscount Melbourne
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byHon. Edward Stanley
Personal details
Born(1776-07-03)3 July 1776
Died8 June 1842(1842-06-08) (aged 65)
NationalityIrish
Political partyWhig
Spouse(s)Lady Caroline Damer
(d. 1861)
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Henry Brooke Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton PC (3 July 1776 – 8 June 1842), known as Sir Henry Parnell, Bt, from 1812 to 1841, was an Irish writer and Whig politician. He was a member of the Whig administrations headed by Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne of the 1830s and also published works on financial and penal questions as well as on civil engineering. He was a grand-uncle to the Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell.