Henry Maddocks (other)
Henry Maddocks may refer to: * Sir Henry Maddocks (politician) (1871–1931), British Conservative Party Member of Parliament * Henry Maddocks (RAF officer) (1898–?), British World War I flying ace See also * Henry Maddock (died 1824), English barrister and legal author * Henry Maddock (cricketer) Henry Dyer Maddock (1836 – 30 September 1888) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played four first-class matches for Otago between 1864 and 1869. Born in Canada, he practised law in New Zealand and Australia. Life and career Maddock was bo ...

Henry Maddocks (politician)
Sir Henry Maddocks KC (26 April 1871 — 9 June 1931) was an English lawyer and British Conservative Party politician. Early life He was son of William Maddocks of Prees, Shropshire and educated at Wem Grammar School. Legal career He was articled to a solicitor in the Staffordshire Potteries, qualifying as solicitor himself in 1893. For a time he was managing clerk at a practice in Birmingham and another in Coventry which he later took over. He also concurrently served as clerk to the magistrates of Coleshill Petty Sessions. He continued his law studies for the bar, and became a barrister of the Inner Temple in 1904, passing his Bar final exams with first-class honours and coming first in his class in criminal law. He practiced on the Midland judicial circuit until well after taking Silk in 1920 and moving to London. He was one of the first K.C.s to appear without fee under the Poor Persons Rules. In one case he successfully represented a poor widow in three tri ...
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Henry Maddocks (RAF Officer)
Captain Henry Hollingdrake Maddocks (7 August 1898 – 11 July 1969) was a British World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. Biography Maddocks was the son of politician Sir Henry Maddocks. After serving as a sergeant in the Berkhamsted School Officers' Training Corps Maddocks was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant for service in the Royal Flying Corps on 5 August 1916, and was appointed a flying officer on 26 December. Maddocks was posted to No. 54 Squadron RFC, flying the Sopwith Pup single-seat fighter, and gained his first aerial victory on 12 August 1917, driving down an Albatros D.V out of control. On 16 September he sent an Albatros D.III down in flames east of Slype, and on the 25th did the same to another D.V north of Middelkerke. He and Second Lieutenant S. J. Schooley destroyed a D.V north of Diksmuide on 4 November. On 17 December, Maddocks was awarded the Military Cross, which was gazetted on 19 April 1918. His citation read: :Secon ...
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Henry Maddock
Henry Maddock (died 1824) was an English barrister and legal author. Life The eldest son of Henry Maddock of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law, resided for a time at, but took no degree from, St John's College, Cambridge. On 25 April 1796 he entered Lincoln's Inn, where he was called to the bar in Michaelmas term 1801, and afterwards practised as an equity draftsman. He died on Saint Lucia, in the West Indies, in August 1824. Works Maddock published: * ''The Power of Parliaments considered in a Letter to a Member of Parliament'', London, 1799; an argument against the legislative union with Ireland, based on an alleged inherent incapacity of the Irish parliament to part with its own powers. * ''A Vindication of the Privileges of the House of Commons, in answer to Sir Francis Burdett's Address'', London, 1810. * The first part of ''An Account of the Life and Writings of Lord Chancellor Somers, including Remarks on the Public Affairs in which he was engaged, and the Bill of Rights, ...
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