Alfred Hensman
Alfred Peach Hensman (12 May 1834 – 5 October 1902) was a politician and Attorney-General of Western Australia.[1]
Hensman was the second son of John Hensman, solicitor, Northampton, England.[2] He was educated at the University of London, and became B.A. in 1853, and a member of Convocation. He entered at the Middle Temple on 29 May 1852; and was called to the bar on 26 January 1858. He was a revising barrister and author of a "Handbook of the Constitution."[2] In 1883 he was appointed Attorney-General of Western Australia with a seat in the Executive and Legislative Councils. He resigned in 1886 owing to a dispute with the Governor, Sir Frederick Napier Broome, but still resided in Western Australia, and in 1892 was appointed third judge of the Supreme Court. His son-in-law, Adam Jameson, was a member of parliament.[2]
References
- ↑ "Hensman, Alfred Peach (1834–1902)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
- 1 2 3 Mennell, Philip (1892). " Hensman, His Honour Alfred Peach". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource