Henry Moore (2 June 1848 – 17 November 1918) was a British policeman from Northamptonshire.
[1] In September 1888, he was seconded from Scotland Yard to Whitechapel to strengthen the investigation into the Whitechapel murders, which were blamed on a character known as "Jack the Ripper" , shortly after Mary Ann Nichols's murder case.
By July 1889, he had taken over from Inspector Frederick Abberline as the lead investigative officer in the case.
He remained the lead detective until 1896, by which time the murderer, who was never caught, appeared to be inactive.
[1] On 17 November 1918, Henry Moore suffered a stroke and died at the age of seventy, at Southend-on-Sea.