Henry Northcote may refer to:
- Sir Henry Northcote, 5th Baronet (1710–1743), Member of Parliament for Exeter 1730–1743
- Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote (1846–1911), third Governor-General of Australia
See also:
- Northcote (disambiguation)
- Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887), British politician
and
- Earl of Iddesleigh
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“Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.”
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