William Henry Pennington, also known as W. H. Pennington (26 January 1833 – 1 May 1923) was a soldier in the British Army who during the Crimean War took part in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854. On leaving the Army he became a Shakespearean actor and in 1870 was the lessee and manager of Sadlers Wells Theatre. After a performance in Hamlet he became known as 'Gladstone's Favourite Tragedian'.