Henry Crompton (27 August 1836 –15 March 1904) was an English court clerk and barrister, known as an advocate of positivism and trade unions.
[1] In 1858 Crompton was appointed clerk of assize on the Chester and North Wales circuit, a post which he held for 43 years.
[1] During a long illness (1858–9), Crompton read Auguste Comte's Philosophie Positive in Harriet Martineau's edition, and became a positivist.
[1][2] Crompton applied his principles to public questions, protested against international injustice, and opposed racial oppression of other races.
He served on the Jamaica Committee, formed to prosecute Governor Edward Eyre in 1867; worked for the admission of women to lectures at University College, London; strove for the improvement and just administration of the criminal law; and gave a strenuous and support to the trade unions in their struggle to reform the labour laws.