 Hickson zvino anozivikanwa nokuda kwemaonero ake akasiyana nenhau yeIrish somumwe muPurotesitendi weUnionist asina kuchengeteka mune zvemari munguva apo urudzi hwakanga huri kufamba. Aiva shamwari dzavanhu vakakurumbira munhau yacho kusanganisira W.E.H. Lecky. Basa rake pamusoro penhau yeIreland muna 1641kwakaparira gakava pamusoro pechokwadi cheuchapupu pamusoro pemasimba masimba evaKaturike veIreland mukurwisana navagari vePurotesitendi. Kunyange zvazvo achiedza kuva asina rusaruro sezvinobvira iye akafungidzira zvikuru nhamba yavaPurotesitendi vakaurawa. Hickson ainetseka nokushayikwa kwokuteerera kwakapiwa kududzirwa uku. Basa rake rakanga risingadi kufadza vanhuwo zvavo. Mashoko okutanga akanyorwa naJames Anthony Froude. Zvinyorwa zvaakanyora iye zvino zviri muraibhurari yokuLondon yeSosaiti yeGenealogists uye National Library yeIreland. Aigara paHillville muCloghane, Co.Kerry. Baba vake vakavaka iyi panzvimbo yeimba yapakuvamba muna 1833. Hickson akafira muKingston College, Mitchelstown muna 1899 uye akaendeswa kumba kunovigwa muTralee. 