Sir Henry Edward Manning, KBE QC (18 December 1877 – 3 May 1963) was an Australian lawyer and politician.

Initially educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, Manning went on to study at the University of Sydney.

[2] His proposal, informed by the significant criticism of the elitist nature of the current Council, especially from the Labor Party, was subsequently adopted by parliament and approved at a statewide referendum in 1933.

[2] Elected to a second six-year term on 14 March 1946, he retired from the council in April 1958 and was granted the title "The Honourable" for life.

By the end of his life considered "one of Australia's leading constitutional law experts",[9] and survived by his two daughters, Manning died at his home following an Asthma attack in Randwick on 3 May 1963 and was buried in the Catholic section of Northern Suburbs cemetery after a service at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney.