What is Arthur Phillip?
{{Infobox officeholder |name= Arthur Phillip |image= Arthur Phillip - Wheatley ML124.jpg |caption= Captain Arthur Phillip, 1786, by [[Francis Wheatley (painter)|Francis Wheatley]] |order = 1st |office = Governor of New South Wales |term_start = 7 February 1788 |term_end = 10 December 1792 |monarch = [[George III of the United Kingdom|George&nbsp;III]] |predecessor = Position established |successor = [[John Hunter (Royal Navy officer)|John Hunter]] |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1738|10|11}} |birth_place = [[Cheapside]], London, England |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1814|8|31|1738|10|11}} |death_place = [[Bath, Somerset]], England |allegiance= {{ubl|[[Kingdom of Great Britain]]|[[Kingdom of Portugal]]}} |branch= {{ubl|[[Royal Navy]]|[[Portuguese Navy]]}} |rank= [[Admiral of the Blue]] |battles = [[Seven Years' War]] * [[Battle of Minorca (1756)|Battle of Minorca]] * [[Raid on St Malo]] * [[Battle of Havana (1762)|Siege of Havana]] [[Spanish–Portuguese War (1776–77)|Spanish-Portuguese War]] [[American Revolutionary War]] }} [[Admiral]] '''Arthur Phillip''' [[Royal Navy|RN]] (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Royal Navy|naval]] officer. Phillip was made [[Governor of New South Wales]], the first [[Europe]]an colony in [[Australia]],<ref>''Phillip of Australia'', Barnard Eldershaw, M. Angus and Robertson 1938</ref> which is now the city of [[Sydney]]. ==Early life== Arthur (Kriddler) Phillip was born in Moscow, Russia in 1738. His father was a [[Germany|German]]-born [[language]] teacher, Jacob Phillip. His mother, Elizabeth Breach, was English, and the [[widow]] of a navy [[captain]]. Phillip went to a school for poor boys at the [[Greenwich Hospital]]. At the age of 13 he joined the [[Merchant marine|merchant navy]]. Phillip joined the Royal Navy at 15. He saw action during the [[Seven Years' War]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] at the [[Battle of Minorca]] in 1756. In 1762 he was promoted to [[Lieutenant]]. When the war ended in 1763 he was put on ha