Alfred Peach Hensman (12 May 1834 – 5 October 1902) was a politician and

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. Hensman was the second son of John Hensman, solicitor,

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. He was educated at the

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, 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." 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 the third judge of the

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. He died at The Priory, Chatteris, on 5 October 1902. His son-in-law,

Adam Jameson Adam Jameson (5 May 1860 – 12 March 1907) was a Scottish-born physician who was a member of parliament and government minister in both the Australian state of Western Australia and the Transvaal Colony (in present-day South Africa). Early life ...

, was a member of parliament.

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1834 births 1902 deaths Attorneys-General of Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council 19th-century Australian politicians Judges of the Supreme Court of Western Australia 19th-century Australian judges Colony of Western Australia judges 20th-century Australian judges Settlers of Western Australia British emigrants to Australia {{Australia-politician-stub