Henry Colin Balneavis (15 March 1818[1] – 26 August 1876) was a New Zealand soldier and public servant.
He was born in Ghent, United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the son of Lieutenant-General Henry Balneavis, a British Army officer and colonel commandant of the 65th Regiment.
[1] He played key roles on the British side of the New Zealand Wars until 1858, when he retired on half-pay with the New Zealand War Medal and a grant of land at Maraetai, and again from 1862 to 1864 during which he was made a lieutenant-colonel.
[1] Balneavis married Meri Makarina Hineahua[2] (of Te Whakatōhea) and had six children: Hemaima, Louisa Hineiahua, Henry, Georgina, John Henry, and Mary.
[3] He contested the 1858 Pensioner Settlements by-election, but was beaten by Captain Symonds.