Henry Formby (born 1816; died at Normanton Hall, Thurlaston, Leicestershire, 12 March 1884) was an English Roman Catholic priest and writer.
Having received Anglican orders, he became vicar of Ruardean in Gloucestershire, where in 1843 he completed his first book, A Visit to the East, and he showed the interest in ecclesiastical music that always characterized him in a pamphlet reprinted from the English Churchman called "Parochial Psalmody Considered" (1845).
His reception took place on 24 January 1846, at Oscott, where he continued studying theology till he was ordained a priest on 18 September 1847.
Other works belonging to this period were: "The Duties and Happiness of Domestic Service" (1851), "The March of Intellect; or, The Alleged Hostility of the Catholic Church to the Diffusion of Knowledge Examined" (1852), and "State Rationalism in Education; An Examination into the Actual Working and Results of the System of the Board of Commissioners of National Education in Ireland" (1854).
His later publications included: He also wrote other devotional and educational books and a recollection from a journey, printed in 1843, called A Visit to the East.