Henry Hallam (9 July 1777 – 21 January 1859) was an English historian. Educated at
Eton and
Christ Church, Oxford, he practised as a barrister on the
Oxford circuit for some years before turning to history. His major works were
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages (1818),
The Constitutional History of England (1827), and
Introduction to the Literature of Europe, in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (1837). Although he took no part in politics himself, he was well acquainted with the band of authors and politicians who led the
Whig party. In an 1828 review of
Constitutional History,
Robert Southey claimed that the work was biased in favour of the Whigs.