Comptroller General of Convicts (Western Australia)

He was described as "a kindly and just man, moderate and understanding, opposed to the harsher forms of discipline.

George Hampton had no particular qualifications for the position, and already held a number of salaried posts.

This "unusually blatant act of nepotism"[3] was extremely unpopular within the colony, both Hamptons thereafter being figures of public hostility and ridicule.

Henry Wakeford was appointed Comptroller General of Convicts in 1867, and the following year Governor Hampton's term ended.

Wakeford reduced the size of the chain gangs and the number of floggings, and the system returned to what it had been under Henderson.