Henry Sedley (1831 – January 1899) was a New York businessman and novelist involved in the newspaper industry.
[1][2][3] He was also known as an engineer.
[4] He acquired a portion of the Commercial Advertiser in 1884.
[5] He was credited in the Boston Globe as having exposed the Tweed ring.
[6] His older son, Henry Sedley, earned notoriety when he killed a fellow student at Yale University and later became a successful film actor.