Career
During his tenure in the House of Commons he was Parliamentary Private Secretary (Parliamentary Private Secretary) to the Foreign Office. Hocking"s most memorable contribution to the politics of the day was when he appeared on British Broadcasting Corporation Television following the Profumo Affair. Hocking was asked if Harold Macmillan was finished politically.
Hocking compared Macmillan to a pheasant once it has been shot.
"lieutenant may have been shot," he said, "but it is still going to run and run." Having replaced Elaine Burton at the 1959 general election with the song "High Hopes" as his anthem, Hocking lost the 1964 election to William Wilson. He lived in the Cotswolds throughout the rest of life, although latterly he had spent much time in America.