Henry Abbott (born 18 December 1947) is a retired Irish judge and politician who served as a judge of the High Court from 2002 to 2017.
Abbot is from Mullingar, County Westmeah, and was a barrister and farmer, before entering politics. He was a member of Westmeath County Council from 1985 to 1999. He served as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency from 1987 to 1989. He received 8,035 (17.8%) first-preference votes at the 1987 general election, taking the second seat in the constituency, and Fianna Fáil taking three out of four seats in Longford–Westmeath.
Abbott lost his Dáil seat at the 1989 general election. In 1989, he received 6,733 (15.9%) first-preference votes, with Fianna Fáil taking two seats and Fine Gael taking the remaining two seats. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Westmeath constituency at the 1992 and 1997 general elections. He was also an unsuccessful candidate at the 1997 Seanad Éireann election.
After politics, he returned to practicing law, and was appointed as a High Court judge in 2002. In 2013, he was involved in a controversy relating to a conversation between two judges about to a family law case. He retired from the High Court in 2017.
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