Nineteenth governor of New South Wales.

Born 2 May, 1841 at Government House in England.

Appointed New South Wales Governor in June, 1895 and arrived in Sydney on 21 November.

His term was remarkable as one of political calm as the colony was led skilfully by George Reid. The Governor faced no political or constitutional crises, but was an interested observer of the emerging Labor Party the constitutional conventions leading to Federation and of colonial restrictive immigration legislation.

He left Sydney quietly and died in London in 1906.

Chris Cunneen, 'HAMPDEN, Sir H. R. B Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, ed. Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, pp 180-181