Henry Hicks Hocking
Sir Henry Hicks Hocking | |
|---|---|
| Attorney-General of Western Australia | |
| In office December 1872 – 25 February 1879 | |
| Preceded by | Robert John Walcott |
| Succeeded by | George Walpole Leake |
| Attorney General of Jamaica | |
| In office 1881–1896 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Loughlin O'Malley |
| Succeeded by | Henry Rawlins Pipon Schooles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 July 1842 Kennington, Surrey, England |
| Died | 9 June 1907 |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Colonial administrator |
Henry Hicks Hocking (16 July 1842 – 9 June 1907) was a British colonial administrator.
He was born the son of Richard Hocking, a merchant of Kennington, Surrey, and educated at St John's College, Oxford, where he graduated with a BA in 1864 and BCL in 1867. He entered the Inner Temple to study law and was called to the bar in 1867.[1]
After some years in practice in England, Hocking went to Western Australia where he served as Attorney-General of Western Australia from 1872 to 1879, excepting a period in 1874/5 when he was acting Chief Justice in the absence of Archibald Burt. In 1879/80 he was acting Chief Justice of Gibraltar.[2]
He was knighted in 1895.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia". Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "No. 10737". The Edinburgh Gazette. 20 December 1895. p. 1657.