Sir Henry Bradshaw Popham KCMG MBE (23 August 1881 – 15 April 1947) was a soldier in the South African War and Governor of the Windward Islands 1937–1942.

Popham was born 23 August 1881 at Walmer, Kent, the son of a surgeon at the Royal Navy hospital at Port Royal in Trinidad, Thomas Dalton Popham (1849–1885) and Annie Emma West (1857–1945).

[3] Popham's first commission was in Prince Albert's 13th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry in 1900.

He was seconded to the Gold Coast Regiment as Lieutenant (replacing O. C. Mordaunt) on 1 May 1905.,[5][6] whilst there he entered the Colonial Service where he became private secretary and Aide-de-camp to the Acting-Governor from March to August 1909, then at the Colonial-Secretary’s office from January 1910, private secretary to Acting-Governor from February to June 1911, and Acting Chief Assistant Colonial-Secretary and elk[clarification needed].

[8] This followed, on Sir Selwyn Grier retirement, with his appointment on 19 January 1937 to Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Windward Islands[9] residing at St. George's, Grenada where his salary rose to £2,500 (with £500 duty allowance and another £500 travelling allowance).