John Hampton

John Stephen Hampton (c. 1806 or 1810;? † December 2, 1869 in Hastings, England) was a British physician, colonial administrator and 1862-1868 Governor of the British colony of Western Australia.

Life

From Hamptons early life little is known. So there is not even fixed his birth year; while his death certificate cites the year 1810, put other evidence a birth year 1806 or 1807 close. In September 1828 he was awarded a medical degree from the University of Edinburgh. Half a year later, he joined the Royal Navy with the rank of assistant surgeons ( Surgeon's mate ) a. He was later transferred to Plymouth, where he devoted himself to the fight against cholera. In 1834 he was appointed full Surgeon ( Surgeon ). From 1841 he served on convict transportation to Tasmania. In March 1843 he was promoted to Surgeon - Superintendent; this post was convict ships reserved, where he included the command of the prisoners and all other non- seafaring -related areas, in addition to maintaining overall health.

In May 1846 he received the post of supreme overseer of the convicts in Tasmania ( Comptroller - general). During his tenure, reports of inhumane treatment and corruption in the local press were often published, which was obliged to the Tasmanian Parliament in 1855 to set up a commission of inquiry in this matter. Since Hampton refused to testify before the Commission issued an arrest warrant against him. However, the local police refused to Hampton fixed because they doubted the legality of the arrest warrant. Hampton, in turn, sought to leave Tasmania due to illness, what was he finally allowed. Between 1857 and 1859, Hampton stopped for unknown reasons in Canada. The investigation committee concluded in its final report at the conclusion that Hampton was guilty of corruption, among other things, by having profited from forced labor of convicts in person.

Despite this matter Hampton was appointed in 1861 to the Governor of Western Australia. After his arrival in Australia the following year he took a lot more influence on the supervision of the convicts than its predecessors. From December 1862 to 1863, he led even the Sträflingsverwalttung. In 1866, he appointed his son George Essex to Comptroller -general. During his tenure, the penalties for prisoners were increasingly draconian; as convicts were flogged frequently, he also led the solitary confinement again. In the years 1866 and 1867, there was then increased to try to escape by convicts. Hampton succeeded on the other hand, however, to redevelop the budget of taking office nearly bankrupt colony and complete the Governor estate and various public buildings.

After the end of his tenure Hampton returned in November 1868 returned to England, where he already died a year later.

Swell

  • Peter Boyce: Hampton, John Stephen ( 1810-1869 ). In: Douglas Pike ( ed.) Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria 1966 ff (English)

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  • Governor (Western Australia)
  • Man
  • Briton
  • Born in the 19th century
  • Died in 1869
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