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

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, where he graduated with a BA in 1864 and BCL in 1867. He entered the

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to study law and was

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in 1867. After some years in practice in England, Hocking went to Western Australia where he served as

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from 1872 to 1879, excepting a period in 1874/5 when he was acting Chief Justice in the absence of

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. In 1879/80 he was acting

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. He was knighted in 1895.

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