Hampton Carroll Gleeson (31 August 1834 – 10 April 1907)[1] was a pastoralist and politician in the young colony of South Australia.
The voyage was organised by the Australian Association of Bengal, and besides the two Gleeson families and a few other settlers (notably Judge James Donnithorne) and their servants, the ship carried a number of Indian coolies, a large quantity of Indian merchandise and horses, including "Abdallah", an Arab stallion brought out by E. B. Gleeson for breeding purposes.
In 1860 he took a business trip to India, bringing back as a curio several pairs of "mangouste" or "ichneumon" (mongoose), which he presented to Mr. Elliott (his landlord at the Globe Inn) and to the Botanic Garden.
[6] He secured a contract to supply a consignment of horses to India and in the same year entered into partnership with W. D. Kingsmill as station agents, with offices in Gilbert Place, Adelaide.
He died at his home "Juliette", 44A Bayswater Road, Darlinghurst[10] He was a member of Sydney Tattersalls Club and its treasurer in the last years of his life.