What is Philip Gidley King?
{{for|his grandson, also Philip Gidley King|Philip King (Australian politician)}} {{Infobox Officeholder |honorific-prefix = |name = Philip Gidley King |image = Philip Gidley King - Project Gutenberg eText 12992.jpg |imagesize = 240px |smallimage = |caption = Philip Gidley King |order = 3rd |office = Governor of New South Wales |term_start = 1800 |term_end = 1806 |predecessor = [[John Hunter]] |successor = [[William Bligh]] |constituency = |majority = |order2 = 1st |office2 = Lieutenant-Governor of [[Norfolk Island]] |term_start2 = 6 March 1788 |term_end2 = 24 March 1790 |predecessor2 = <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number--> |successor2 = [[Robert Ross]] |birth_date = 23 April 1758 |birth_place = [[Launceston]], [[Cornwall]], [[England]]. |death_date = 3 September 1808 |death_place =3 September 1808 |party = |otherparty = <!--For additional political affiliations--> |spouse = Anna Josepha Coombe |partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> |children =6; including [[Phillip Parker King|Phillip]] |occupation = Sailor |profession = }} '''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]].<ref name=adb>{{cite web | last = Shaw| first =A.G.L. | title = King, Philip Gidley (1758–1808)| work =Australian Dictionary of Biography Online | publisher =Melbourne University Press | date =1967 | url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020052b.htm | access-date =December 27, 2008 }}</ref> ==Early life== King was born in [[Launceston, Cornwall]]. His father was a [[draper]], selling cloth and fabrics.<ref name=adb/> He joined the navy in 1770 at the age of 12. He was made the [[captain]]'s [[servant]] on the ''HMS Swallow''. He served in the