Henry Tufnell

Henry Tufnell (1805 – 15 June 1854) was a British Whig politician. He entered the House of Commons in 1837 as a member for Ipswich, having previously been defeated in the Colchester election in 1835, but lost that seat a year later. He was returned for Devonport in a by-election in 1840 and held that seat until 1854. He held minor posts in the governments of Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell, and was made a Privy Counsellor in 1850.

He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.

He, along with George Cornewall Lewis, translated Otfried Müller's book The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race into English.