Henry Honychurch Gorringe (August 11, 1841 – July 7, 1885) was a United States naval officer who attained national acclaim for successfully completing the removal of Cleopatra's Needle from Alexandria, Egypt to Central Park in New York City.

During the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Navy, entering on July 13, 1862, with the rank of Mate,[2] serving in the Mississippi Squadron.

[3] That same year he compiled a book on the exploration of the Río de la Plata, published by the U.S. Hydrographic Office.

In 1879, Gorringe put in an application for the contract to move the obelisk of Thutmosis III from Alexandria to Central Park.

Gorringe and his assistant, Seaton Schroeder, left for Europe to purchase materials and then went to Alexandria to move the obelisk.

Gorringe however, backed out at nearly the last minute, but the young assemblyman did go West to the Badlands, arriving in Medora, North Dakota "at 3 a.m. on the morning of September 7, 1883".