Henry Oakley

Sir Henry Oakley (12 November 1823 – 8 February 1912) was a British railway administrator.

He started life as a clerk in the House of Commons Library, and joined the Great Northern Railway (GNR) in the same capacity in 1850.

In June 1900, a C1 class locomotive was named in his honour by the company; after its withdrawal from service in 1937 it was preserved, and survives at the National Railway Museum.

Oakley died on 8 February 1912 at 37 Chester Terrace, St Pancras, London aged 88.

and his wife Caroline (née Callander) at the parish church of St. Luke's, Chelsea.

GNR no. 990, the locomotive named after Henry Oakley