Admiral Sir Henry Fairfax KCB FRGS (21 January 1837 – 20 March 1900) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to serve as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.

He joined the Royal Navy in December 1850, and during early years was posted to HMS Amphitrite, which took him on two trips to the Behring Strait and the Arctic Sea.

[2] In 1874, as commander of HMS Volage,[1] he led an astronomical expedition to Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean,[3] and remained with her as Senior Officer South East Coast of America Station until 1877.

[2] He was appointed Naval Aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria in 1882,[1] a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB), and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS).

[1] In November 1892, HMS Howe stranded on rocks at the entrance to Ferrol Harbour; Fairfax as officer commanding the squadron was court-martialled but was acquitted on the grounds that the chart in use was unreliable.