William Henry Christopher Payne (1858-1904) was a barrister and local politician. Born in Kensington, he was the son of William Henry Payne, a medical practitioner and his wife Maria. In the the 1880s he studied law and was called to the bar at the Middle Temple. In 1890 he married Emily Rachel Bayley at St Jude's Church, South Kensington. In the 1901 census he was living at 14 Victoria Square, Belgravia and was described as retired and classified as a "lunatic". He died in Windsor three years later.