Wymond Ogilvy Hamley, customs collector, was born in Bodmin, Cornwall, England. Third
son of Vice Admiral William Hamley, RN Hamley first joined the Royal Navy, then transferred
to the civil service. Accepting the appointment of customs collector for the colony
of
British Columbia, Hamley arrived at
Esquimalt on 12 April 1859. He remained as collector of customs in
New Westminster to 1868, when he the relocation of the capital required him to move. Superannuated
in December 1889, Hamley remained in
Victoria until his death on 15 January 1907.