John Hosking (judge)
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Sir John Henry Hosking {{post-nominals|country=NZL|size=100%|KC}} (1854 – 30 May 1928) was a judge of the New Zealand Supreme Court.
Biography
Hosking was born in Penzance, Cornwall, England, in 1854. He emigrated to New Zealand with his family on the Rock City when he was one year old, arriving in Auckland on 6 June 1855.{{cite news|title=Port of Auckland|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZ18550606.2.3|access-date=24 September 2015|work=The New Zealander|volume=11|issue=954|date=6 June 1855|page=2}} Hosking received his education in Auckland and at age 16, he was articled to Samuel Jackson. He passed his qualifications in 1875 and went to Dunedin, where he first worked for E. P. Kenyon, and from 1877 to 1898 was a partner in the firm Kenyon and Hosking. After Kenyon moved to England, Hosking managed the firm by himself.
On the advice of Saul Solomon, a Dunedin lawyer,{{cite book | editor-last = Scholefield | editor-first = Guy | editor-link = Guy Scholefield | title = A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda | volume = II | year = 1940 | publisher = Department of Internal Affairs | location = Wellington | url = https://www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/documents/dnzb-1940/scholefield-dnzb-v2.pdf | access-date = 25 September 2015 | page=315}} he became a barrister.
When the office of King's Counsel was established in New Zealand in 1907, he was part of the first intake. In 1914, he was appointed judge to the Supreme Court. He retired from the bench in 1925, and retired to Wadestown. In the 1925 King's Birthday Honours, Hosking was appointed a Knight Bachelor.{{London Gazette |issue=33053 |date=3 June 1925 |page=3769 |supp=y }} He died on 30 May 1928, survived by his wife, two sons, and one daughter.{{cite book | editor-last = Scholefield | editor-first = Guy | editor-link = Guy Scholefield | title = A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L | volume = I | year = 1940 | publisher = Department of Internal Affairs | location = Wellington | url = https://www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/documents/dnzb-1940/scholefield-dnzb-v1.pdf | access-date = 25 September 2015 | page=415}}{{cite news | title=Obituary | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19280531.2.109 | access-date=25 September 2015 | work=The Press | volume=LXIV | issue=19324 | date=31 May 1928 | page=10}} He was interred at Karori Cemetery.
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Category:English emigrants to New Zealand
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