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Philip Gidley King (23 April 1758 – 3 September 1808) was a British politician who was the third Governor of New South Wales. When the First Fleet arrived in January 1788, King was detailed to colonise Norfolk Island for defence and foraging purposes.
Philip Gidley King (1758-1808), governor, was born at Launceston, Cornwall, England, on 23 April 1758. His family had long lived in the district and were not impecunious.
Philip Gidley King (1817-1904), pastoralist, was born on 31 October 1817 at Parramatta, eldest son of Captain Phillip Parker King and his wife Harriet, née Lethbridge. At 5 he went with his father to England and in 1824-25 he was at school at Bexley Place near Deptford.
Philip Gidley-King was a British Naval Officer serving with Captain Arthur Phillip as second Lieutenant on the HMS Sirius during the First Fleet voyage in 1788. On Governor Phillip’s orders, Lieutenant King established another penal settlement on Norfolk Island.
Philip Gidley King (April 23, 1758 – September 3, 1808) was a sailor in the British Royal Navy who became the third Governor of New South Wales.
The Journal of Philip Gidley King: R. N. 1787-1790 | University of Sydney Library. The Library is committed to unlearning our past collecting practices by centring truthtelling and the voices and perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Philip Gidley King1 On September 8th, 1808, there died in London Captain Philip Gidley King, R.N., late Governor of New South Wales. King had sailed from England with the first fleet, and in 1788 established the out-settlement of Norfolk Island, which he governed until 1796, for the last six years with the title of Lieut.-Governor. In 1798 he
