Henry Hicks Hocking
British colonial administrator
About Henry Hicks Hocking
Lived 1842 – 1907 (aged 64). Henry Hicks Hocking was a British barrister, colonial administrator and politician.
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.
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.
He was knighted in 1895.
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British colonial administrator (1842-1907)
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Henry Hicks Hocking was born on 16 July 1842.
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Henry Hicks Hocking died on 9 June 1907.
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Henry Hicks Hocking was a barrister, colonial administrator and politician.
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