# Hampden Dutton

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For the unrelated sea captain and whaler of Portland, Victoria, see [William Dutton (captain)](/source/William_Dutton_(captain)).

**William Hampden Dutton** (29 October 1807 – 21 November 1849), generally known as Hampden Dutton, was a pioneering pastoralist in New South Wales and South Australia.

## History

Hampden was the eldest child of Frederick Hugh Hampden Dutton[2] and his wife Mary Ann Dutton, née Norris. His father, whose surname was originally Mendes, was from 1814 to 1832 British consul at [Cuxhaven](/source/Cuxhaven), Hanover. Hampden studied agricultural science in Germany from around 1822 to 1824, specialising in wool classing and sheep breeding.

He was employed by the [Australian Agricultural Company](/source/Australian_Agricultural_Company) in 1825 to select a flock and arrived in Sydney on 22 March 1826 with a selection of around 240 sheep, though many were in poor condition and so many died subsequently that Hampden's contract was terminated. He returned to England in 1827.[citation needed]

In 1830 Hampden and his brother [Frederick Hansborough Dutton](/source/Frederick_Dutton_(Australian_politician)) returned to Sydney. Frederick moved to Mullengandra near [Albury](/source/Albury,_New_South_Wales) (and later famously took up 70,000 acres (28,000 ha) in South Australia which he called Anlaby), while Hampden had extensive properties in [Monaro region of New South Wales](/source/Monaro_(New_South_Wales)) (then generally spelled "Manaro"). He was appointed Magistrate at [Yass](/source/Yass,_New_South_Wales) in 1834, Justice of the Peace in Sydney..[citation needed]

On 26 December 1838, Hampden, his wife Charlotte, and three children arrived in South Australia from Sydney aboard the ship *Parland*, which also carried for him a full cargo of 1,500 sheep and a number of horses.[3] He was in 1839, with fellow Sydney pastoralists Moore and Duncan Macfarlane, granted a selection of 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) from South Australia's first [Special Survey](/source/Special_Survey) of 15,000 acres (6,100 ha) of land in South Australia, near [Mount Barker](/source/Mount_Barker_(South_Australia)) (part being J. B. Hack's station);[4] He shortly returned to Sydney. He, Macfarlane, and Capt. [John Finnis](/source/John_Finnis_(captain)), who were by then the three partners, organised three overland sheep drives from Sydney to Adelaide over the next few years.

He was consul or vice-consul at Sydney for [Hanse Towns](/source/Hanse_Towns) from 1840 to 1842,[5] then was declared insolvent, and his business affairs were put in the hands of his brother Frederick, who paid out all creditors in full.[6]

He died four years later in [Melbourne, Victoria](/source/Melbourne,_Victoria).[1] His eldest son William Broughton Dutton died in North Adelaide in 1863; his widow sold by auction some 64 blocks in the township of [Mount Barker](/source/Mount_Barker,_South_Australia) in 1866,[7] and the family either returned to, or had remained in South Australia, later living at [Strangways Terrace](/source/Strangways_Terrace), [North Adelaide](/source/North_Adelaide)..[citation needed]

Both Hampden Road and Dutton Place in Mount Barker are named after him.[8]

## Family

William Hampden Dutton married Charlotte da Silva Cameron (1813 – 11 May 1885) on 2 July 1831. Charlotte was a daughter of [Charles Cameron](/source/Charles_Cameron_(army_officer)) and stepdaughter of Captain [John Finnis](/source/John_Finnis_(captain)) (1802–1872). Their children included:

- Mary Anne Elizabeth Dutton (25 April 1832 in [Raby](/source/Raby,_New_South_Wales), also reported as [Cobbitty, New South Wales](/source/Cobbitty,_New_South_Wales) – ) married John Taylor on 13 August 1857
- Luduvina (often written Luduvine, Ludivine) Charlotte Jane Dutton (1833 in Sydney – 14 May 1868) married [Robert Waters Moore](/source/Robert_Waters_Moore) M.R.C.S. (1819 – 6 December 1884) on 3 December 1851. Dr. Moore was the Colonial Surgeon.
- Mary Broughton Rebecca Emma Dutton (b.1837 in Sydney – 21 May 1896[9])
- William Broughton Dutton (1838 in Sydney – 27 June 1863 at North Adelaide)
- Charles George Cameron Dutton (1842 at Merri Creek, Vic – 14 July 1887 at Adelaide)
- [Henry Dutton](/source/Henry_Dutton_(pastoralist)) (1844 at Melbourne – 25 August 1914 at Anlaby) married Helen Elizabeth Thomas (ca.1844 – 8 October 1901) on 10 May 1873. He inherited [Anlaby Station](/source/Anlaby_Station) from his uncle [Frederick Hansborough Dutton](/source/Frederick_Hansborough_Dutton).

- - Ethel da Silva Dutton (3 February 1876 – 8 February 1892) died after fall from rocks, Granite Island - [Henry Hampden Dutton](/source/Henry_Hampden_Dutton) (13 February 1879 – 15 June 1932) inherited 'Anlaby' in 1914. He married Emily Martin, daughter of John Felix Martin of Gawler on 29 November 1905; their children included: - - John Hansborough Dutton (23 August 1906 – 1989) - Richard Hampden Dutton (6 August 1909 – ) married to Margaret Elizabeth Newland on 25 February 1933 - Bryony Helen Dutton (22 October 1918 – 2005) was engaged to William Weatherly in 1940 but married Professor Richard Blackburn on 1 December 1951. - [Geoffrey Piers Henry Dutton](/source/Geoffrey_Piers_Henry_Dutton) (2 August 1922 – 17 September 1998), noted writer, grew up at "Anlaby"

- Zelie Adelaide Dutton (1846 in Melbourne – 12 Nov 1909 at North Adelaide)
- Ewin Cameron Dutton (1848 – 26 October 1864 at Glenelg)

## References

1. ["Family Notices"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226321157). *[The Melbourne Daily News](/source/The_Melbourne_Daily_News)*. Vol. XII, no. 3017. 22 November 1849. p. 2. Retrieved 1 May 2017. – via National Library of Australia.

1. ["Familieberichten on-line"](http://www.online-familieberichten.nl/zoeken.asp?command=show&id=853483). *Rotterdamse Courant*. 1 January 1848. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

1. ["Kingscote, Kangaroo Island"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31750320). *[South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register](/source/South_Australian_Gazette_and_Colonial_Register)*. 29 December 1838. p. 3. Retrieved 17 December 2015. – via National Library of Australia.

1. ["South Australia."](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2551814). *[The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser](/source/The_Sydney_Gazette_and_New_South_Wales_Advertiser)*. 9 February 1839. p. 3. Retrieved 16 December 2015. – via National Library of Australia.

1. ["Consuls of Hamburg, Prussia, the North German Confederation and the German Empire in Sydney 1840-1897"](http://www.germanaustralia.com/e/diplomat/sydney.htm). Retrieved 16 December 2015. Dates may be erroneous – first mention in Hamburg or Sydney newspapers was on July 1941.

1. ["Advertising"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71601324). *[The South Australian](/source/The_South_Australian)*. 29 April 1845. p. 2. Retrieved 17 December 2015. – via National Library of Australia.

1. ["Advertising."](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41022148). *[South Australian Register](/source/South_Australian_Register)*. 7 March 1866. p. 4. Retrieved 20 December 2015. – via National Library of Australia.

1. ["The People of Early Mt Barker District"](http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jksgenie/mtbarker/mtbpeople.htm). Retrieved 16 December 2015.

1. ["Family Notices"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54837895). *[South Australian Register](/source/South_Australian_Register)*. Vol. LXI, no. 15,504. 22 July 1896. p. 4. Retrieved 28 April 2016. – via National Library of Australia.

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