Background
BARBENSON, Nicholas Peter be Cocq was born on May 2, 1838. Son of Thomas Nicholas Barbenson, late Judge of Alderney, and Margaret Le Cocq.
BARBENSON, Nicholas Peter be Cocq was born on May 2, 1838. Son of Thomas Nicholas Barbenson, late Judge of Alderney, and Margaret Le Cocq.
Studied at Queen Elizabeth College, Guernsey. Studied Law subsequently at Caen in the University of France (diploma of Bachelor of Law and Licentiate at Law in 1857-1859).
Called to Alderney Bar, 1860. Attorney-General, 1878. President of the Slates of Alderney. Judge since 1897.
Spouse 1869, Elizabeth Isabella Charlotte, daughter of Com missary-General David Gibbons.