Sir Henry Mendelssohn Hake CBE FSA FRHistS (30 January 1892 – 4 April 1951) was a British museum curator who was Director of the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 1927 until his death.
Hake was born in London, and educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
[5] On 9 February 1917, he was seconded for special duty,[6] and graded for the purposes of pay as a staff lieutenant (3rd class).
[12] Hake returned to the British Museum, remaining there until he was appointed as Director, Keeper and Secretary of the National Portrait Gallery[2] on 1 December 1927.
[17] Hake had married Patricia Robertson in 1920, he died at his home in London on 4 April 1951, aged 59.