Henckell Lochinvar Christian MBE[1] (1910 – 1998)[2] was a Dominican politician from the Dominica Labour Party.
[3] Christian was elected to the House of Assembly of Dominica in 1970[4] and 1975.
[5] He was minister of education and health in 1970s[1] in the cabinet of Edward Oliver LeBlanc.
He resigned alongside acting president Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue on 16 June 1979.
[3][9][10] Married to Muriel, nee Mathew, Henckell Christian was the father of Pearle Christian (third of the couple's four daughters), and the brother of Lemuel McPherson Christian, the composer of Dominica's national anthem "Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour".