Henry Woods (1822 – 16 May 1882) was an English cotton manufacturer and colliery owner and a Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1857 to 1874. Woods was the son of William Woods of Wigan and his wife Elizabeth Marsden, daughter of Jonathan Marsden. He was a cotton manufacturer at Wigan, and a colliery owner. He was Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for Lancashire. At the 1857 general election Woods was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Wigan. He held the seat until 1874. Woods died at the age of 59.