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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.
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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.
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The arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 is an important event in Australian history and this manuscript account, probably a fair copy made by Philip Gidley King (1758-1808) to be sent to the Admiralty in London in 1790, provides a fascinating insight into the foundation of New South Wales.
Philip Gidley King (1758-1808), naval officer and governor, joined the navy in late 1770 and served in the East Indies and American waters. He was commissioned lieutenant in 1778. In the Ariadne he served under Arthur Phillip in the Channel Fleet.
#OnThisDay 14 February 1788 Lieutenant Philip Gidley King left Sydney to establish a settlement on Norfolk Island. With him were 15 convicts and seven free men. They arrived on 6 March 1788 and began to prepare the Island for more settlement and commercial development.
Philip Gidley King's journal is contained in two volumes and covers the voyage to New South Wales, the voyage to Norfolk Island and an invaluable record of events there, a vocabulary of `The New Zealanders language', and an account of a voyage from Norf.
