Henry Amsinck (c. 1798 – 19 December 1878) was an Australian politician and an Irish commander in the Royal Navy.

Amsinck entered the Royal Navy on 6 September 1811 as a first-class volunteer on board the HMS Niemen under Captain Sir Michael Seymour.

On 26 March 1814, while aboard the Hannibal, Amsinck participated in the capture of La Sultane, a French frigate armed with 44 guns and manned by 330 men.

[2] He eventually won an election, serving as a member in the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of West Bourke between 1859 and 1861.

[1][4] Their son, Eugene C. Amsinck, worked as a journalist for The Herald, and then for The Argus covering the Maori War.