Henry Leicester Hicks was born in Newcastle,-on-Tyne Northumberland, England on 5 February 1883. He was articled to his father, William Searle Hicks (1849-1902), and Henry Clement Charlewood (1857-1943) of Hicks & Charlewood and remained with them as an assistant. He also attended Newcastle College of Science and Northern Architectural Association classes. In 1907 he qualified as an architect and commenced independent practice in Newcastle-on-Tyne the following year. He was in partnership with Henry Clement Charlewood as Hicks & Charlewood from 1908 and from 1917 with Charlewood's son, George Edward Charlewood (1890-1962).
Hicks was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1908 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1930.
His address was given as 67 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1908 and 1911; 4 Moseley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1914 and 1936; 2 Jesmond Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1939 and 32 The Uplands, Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1947. He died on 1 December 1947
A biographical file on Henry Leicester Hicks is available on request at the Enquiry Desk, Roya; Institute of British Architects Library, London
With H. C. Charlewood: the erection of St Mark's, Byker; St. Lawrence's. South Byker, Woodburn; Gosforth Parish Church extension; and decorative work in St. Mary's, Bury St. Edmunds; and Blanchland Abbey.
Independently: alterations made to the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas of St. Nicholas in Newcastle upon Tyne. He also designed the World War One war memorials for Shotesham, South Norfolk in 1920 and Mirfield West Yorkshire in 1921
Child, F. Austin. ‘Henry Leicester Hicks’. Archaeologia Aeliana Series 4. vol 26, 1948 pp. 205-211
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001
‘Obituary’ RIBA Journal January 1948 p. 129
‘Obituary’. The Builder vol. 173, 5 December 1947 p. 641