Henry Hicks Hocking

Sir Henry Hicks Hocking (16 July 1842 – 9 June 1907) was a British colonial administrator.

Sir

Henry Hicks Hocking
Attorney-General of Western Australia
In office
December 1872  25 February 1879
Preceded byRobert John Walcott
Succeeded byGeorge Walpole Leake
Attorney General of Jamaica
In office
1881–1896
Preceded byEdward Loughlin O'Malley
Succeeded byHenry Rawlins Pipon Schooles
Personal details
Born16 July 1842
Kennington, Surrey, UK
Died9 June 1907
NationalityEnglish
Alma materSt John's College, Oxford
OccupationColonial administrator

Biography

He was born the son of Richard Hocking, a merchant of Kennington, Surrey and educated at St John's College, Oxford, where he graduated 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 out 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]

From 1881 to 1896 he was the Attorney General of Jamaica. He was knighted in 1895.[3]

He died in London in 1907. He had married Elizabeth Mary Pittis, the daughter of Edward Arnold.

References

  1. "Alumni Oxoniensis (1715-1886) volume 2.djvu/297". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  2. "Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia". Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  3. "No. 10737". The Edinburgh Gazette. 20 December 1895. p. 1657.
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