Major-General Francis Gilbert Hamley (1815 – 12 January 1876), was a British Army officer who administered the South Australian government from 1868 to 1869. Hamley was eldest son of Joseph Hamley and entered the army as ensign in the

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in 1835. Hamley served in the

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and in New Zealand. He was senior officer in command of the Imperial troops in the colony of South Australia on the death of Governor Sir

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, on 19 February 1868. The next day he was sworn in as Administrator of the Government of the Colony, and remained Chief of the Executive till the arrival of

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on 15 February 1869. He was then only lieut.-colonel. General Hamley died in London on 12 January 1876. The following places in South Australia were named for him -

County of Hamley The County of Hamley is a cadastral unit (i.e., a comprehensively surveyed and mapped division of land) located in the Australian state of South Australia covers land located in the state's east north of the Murray River, bordering New South Wa ...

and

Hamley Bridge Hamley Bridge is a community in South Australia located at the junction of the Gilbert and Light rivers, as well as the site of a former railway junction. Named by the government of the day, in honour of the Acting Governor of South Australia L ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamley, Francis Gilbert 1815 births 1876 deaths Administrators of South Australia