Henry Cantrell (baptised 17 September 1684 at St Oswald's, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, died 1762) was a high-church Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist.
The son of Simon Cantrell (1658–1744), he was educated at Derby School (where a relation, the Rev.
[5]He refused to bury children baptised by dissenters, which led to a furious controversy in Derby.
[6] When his battles led to the forced sale of much of his library, he was offered the vicarage of Brecon through the influence of Dr Henry Sacheverell, but declined it.
[3] When Cantrell granted a licence for the secret marriage of Annabella Wilmot of Osmaston, Derbyshire, this led to the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill 1733.