William Henry Savigny MA (May 1825 – 5 August 1889) was an Australian academic, born in England.
His elder son, also named William Henry Savigny (17 February 1864 – 6 August 1922) was a longtime master at Sydney Grammar School.
In 1853[1] Savigny and his mother arrived in New South Wales, where in December 1853 he founded a grammar school in Newcastle,[2] also serving, without payment, as minister of Christ Church Cathedral to early 1855.
In 1857–8 he helped the Misses Cooksey[a] establish a school for girls in "Carthona", the historic home of Sir Thomas Mitchell.
He married Ellen Solly (died 7 March 1893)[12] at All Saints' District Church, Hunters Hill on 15 December 1859.