What is Philip King (Australian politician)?
{{for|his grandfather, the governor of New South Wales|Philip Gidley King}} {{for|his father, the Navy officer, explorer and politician|Phillip Parker King}} [[File:Philip Gidley King (1817-1904).jpg|thumb|200px|Philip King, {{circa|1898}}]] '''Philip Gidley King''' (31 October 1817 – 5 August 1904) was an [[Australia]]n pastoralist and politician from the colony of [[New South Wales]]. He served as a member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Council]] from 1880 until his death in 1904. He was also the first mayor of [[Tamworth, New South Wales|Tamworth]] from 1876 to 1880. King was born in [[Parramatta, New South Wales]]. His parents were Harriet (''[[née]]'' Lethbridge) and [[Phillip Parker King]]. His father was an explorer, [[Royal Navy]] officer and politician. He was named after his grandfather, also [[Philip Gidley King]], the third [[governor of New South Wales]]. King married Elizabeth Macarthur in 1843. The couple had four children. He died of heart disease in [[Double Bay, New South Wales|Double Bay]], [[Sydney]], on 5 August 1904. He was 86.<ref name=ANU>{{Cite web|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/king-philip-gidley-3957|title=King, Philip Gidley (1817–1904)|author=O'Grady, Frank|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=[[Australian National University]]|access-date=8 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/Pages/member-details.aspx?pk=458|title=Mr Philip Gidley King (1817–1904)|publisher=Parliament of New South Wales|access-date=8 October 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Commonscat}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:King, Philip}} [[Category:1817 births]] [[Category:1904 deaths]] [[Category:Australian mayors]] [[Category:Politicians from Sydney]] {{bio-stub}}