Alfred Hensman

Deceased Person

1834 – 1902

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Who was Alfred Hensman?

Alfred Peach Hensman was a politician and Attorney-General of Western Australia.

Hensman was the second son of John Hensman, solicitor, Northampton, England. 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 May 29th, 1852; and was called to the bar on 26 January 1858. He was a revising barrister and author of a "Handbook of the Constitution." 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.

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Born
May 12, 1834
Died
1902

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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