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 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, UK |
| Died | 9 June 1907 |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Colonial administrator |
Biography edit
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 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.