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Electorates
- Nominated MLC 10 July 1883–18 June 1886
- MLC Greenough 3 June 1887 (by-election)–4 February 1889
Office
- Attorney-General 10 July 1883–18 June 1886 (resignation as Attorney-General accepted 18 September 1886)
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Personal Information |
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12 May 1834 |
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Northampton, England, United Kingdom |
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5 October 1902 |
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England, United Kingdom |
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Arrived WA 11 May 1884 on Ballarat |
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Son of John, solicitor, and Mary Wilkinson and father-in-law of Adam Jameson |
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Married 15 September 1865, Parish Church, Dallington, Northamptonshire to Amelia Roden, daughter of John |
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Church of England |
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Educated University of London, 1853—BA
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Lawyer |
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Commissioned Madras Fusiliers, resigned due to ill-health
1858 called to Bar, Middle Temple
Midland Circuit 1860–1882
Counsel for Treasury at Leicester Assizes
Barrister at Inner Temple at time of marriage
1876 revising barrister
Practised law in WA 1886–1892
Puisne Judge, WA Supreme Court 1892–1902 |
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Successfully campaigned for alteration of University of London charter to allow women to take degrees
Strong opponent of Governor Broome 1886–1889
Competent violinist
Died on visit to England |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2001, p. 14. |
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Wendy Birman, 'Hensman, Alfred Peach (1834–1902)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hensman-alfred-peach-3756/text5917, published first in hardcopy 1972, accessed online 22 December 2015.
R Erickson, ed, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, volume II, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, 1987.
Morning Herald, 8 October 1902.
Russell, Enid. A history of the law in Western Australia and its development from 1829 to 1979, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, p. 213–216 (portrait)
West Australian, 8 October 1902. |