About Alfred Hensman
Lived 1834 – 1902 (aged 68). Alfred Hensman was an Australian politician.
Alfred Peach Hensman (12 May 1834 – 5 October 1902) was a politician and Attorney-General of Western Australia.
Hensman was the second son of John Hensman, solicitor, Northampton, England. He was educated at the University of London, and became B.A. in 1853, and a member of Convocation. He entered at the Middle Temple on 29 May 1852; and was called to the bar on 26 January 1858. He was a revising barrister and author of a "Handbook of the Constitution."
His son-in-law, Adam Jameson, was a member of parliament.
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Australian politician
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Alfred Hensman was born on 12 May 1834 in Northampton.
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Alfred Hensman died on 5 October 1902.
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Alfred Hensman was a politician.
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Alfred Hensman was Australian.
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