Mountifort Conner

He was the youngest son of Daniel Conner (1798–1880) and his wife Elizabeth, née Longfield (daughter of Rev.

[1] He was involved as a judge and administrator in various forms of equestrian sport: hunting, steeplechasing and flat racing.

He was a founder of the oldest coursing club in Australia, hunting wallabies in Naracoorte,[2] where he lived until around 1871.

He moved to Melbourne, where, as "The Baron", he wrote a sporting column for The Leader newspaper.

[8] Mount Conner in the Northern Territory was named after him by explorer William Gosse in 1873.