The Comptroller General of Convicts was the head of the convict establishment in Western Australia.
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George Essex Hampton was an unpopular public official in colonial Western Australia.
Comptroller General of Convicts (Western Australia)
…that Newland was incompetent. Newland was eventually removed in 1866. While awaiting a successor to the position, Governor Hampton appointed his son, George Hampton, to act in the position. George Hampton had no particular qualifications for the position, and already held a number of salaried posts. This "unusually…
George Essex Hampton