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

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

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.

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

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