Henry Whitby was a captain in the Royal Navy. He fought during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He joined the navy in 1794 as a midshipman. He commanded HMS Leander and HMS Centaur. He married the second daughter of John Nicholson Inglefield.
References
- Trial of Captain Whitby.1812
- The Naval Chronicle: Volume 16, July–December 1806, Volume 16, p. 119
- Naval Court Marshall