Background
Hensman was the second son of John Hensman, solicitor, Northampton, England.
Hensman was the second son of John Hensman, solicitor, Northampton, England.
He was educated at the University of London, and became Bachelor of Arts in 1853, and a member of Convocation.
He entered at the Middle Temple on May 29, 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.