Desmond Charles Henley, OBE (1927, Marylebone, London – 11 November 2005, Portsmouth[1]) was an English embalmer.
[2][3] In an interview published in 1998, Henley expressed doubts that the mummification of Lenin's body in Moscow was indeed as permanent as claimed by the Russian authorities.
[2] In 1973, Aristotle Onassis had Henley flown to Athens in his private jet to embalm the body of his son, Alexander.
[2] In the time between 1963 and 1976, Henley also worked extensively in Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Benin and Malawi, and continued to advise royal families worldwide until his retirement from J. H. Kenyon Ltd in 1992, after 51 years of service.
[2] After training in disaster management, Henley also served as head of J. H. Kenyon Ltd's emergency services mortuary team.