Henry Brandon, Earl of Lincoln (c. before 18 June 1523[1] – 1 March 1534[2]) was the youngest child and second son[3] born to Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, Queen of France, who was a daughter of Henry VII, King of England.

His father planned a marriage for him with Catherine Willoughby, a peeress in her own right and daughter of Maria de Salinas, who had been one of the queen's ladies-in-waiting.

At the time of his birth, Mary was Henry VIII's only child, and the king's wife, Catherine of Aragon, was already thirty-eight and had little prospect of having any more children.

Brandon's mother predeceased him, and his own death created royal ambitions in his sister Frances.

[9][10] Henry Brandon's niece Lady Jane Grey eventually, and briefly, succeeded to the throne on 10 July 1553.