Henry Slater (23 February 1855 – 20 November 1916) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1887.

Slater was born at Heanor, Derbyshire the son of James Slater and his wife Elizabeth Baimbridge.^[1] He became a coal miner.^[2]

He made his cricket debut for Derbyshire in the 1882 season in June against Lancashire in which he took a wicket but scored no runs. His next game was against Nottinghamshire in the 1885 season when again he took a wicket. In the 1886 season he played against MCC and took two catches. He played two first-class games in the 1887 season and took a wicket against Lancashire. He also played two non-status matches that season in one of which he scored 54, a contrast to the low single figures he managed in most of his games Slater was a right-hand batsman and played 9 innings in five first-class matches with a top score of 21 and an average of 5.57. He was a right-arm medium pace bowler and took 3 wickets with an average of 61.66.^[3]

Slater married Sarah Ann Bestwick on 28 December 1878. Their sons Herbert Slater and Archibald Slater both played for Derbyshire. Slater died at Worksop, Nottinghamshire at the age of 61.

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