Henry Emanuel Cohen (1 December 1840 – 5 January 1912) was a judge and politician in New South Wales, Australia. Cohen was born in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, the second son of Abraham Cohen of Sydney, and entered as a student at the Middle Temple in October 1868. In 1848 he family moved and in 1855 they moved to Goulburn where Cohen attended private school In 1856 at age 16 he stated to work as a clerk at David Cohen and Company, first in Sydney then moved to West Maitland until he resigned in 1864. He went into business with his twin brother George opened a store in Bathurst until it was closed in 1867. In June 1871 he was called to the English bar, and returned to Sydney, where he was admitted to the local bar. On his return to Sydney was boat shipwrecked at Gallen 1 November 1971