What is Phillip Parker King?
{{for|his father, the governor of New South Wales|Philip Gidley King}} {{for|his son, also a member of the Legislative Council|Philip King (Australian politician)}} [[File:Philip Parker King.jpg|thumb|200px|Phillip Parker King]] '''Phillip Parker King''' {{Small|[[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] [[Royal Navy|RN]]}} (13 December 1791 – 26 February 1856) was an [[Exploration|explorer]], [[Royal Navy]] officer and politician from the colony of [[New South Wales]]. He is known as an early explorer of the [[Australia]]n coastline. He also took part in the survey of [[Patagonia]]n coasts.<ref name=ANU>{{Cite web|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/king-phillip-parker-2310|title=King, Phillip Parker (1791–1856)|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=[[Australian National University]]|access-date=8 October 2020}}</ref> He served as a member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Council]]. In 1855, he was named as a [[rear admiral]] on the retired list. He was also a member of the [[Royal Society]]. King was born on [[Norfolk Island]]. He was the son of [[Anna Josepha King|Anna Josepha]] (''[[née]]'' Coombe) and [[Philip Gidley King]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-08/boab-tree-bears-markings-of-phillip-parker-king/12734916|title=Boab tree bears markings of Phillip Parker King, an Australian explorer you may not have heard of|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=8 October 2020|access-date=8 October 2020|author=Collins, Ben}}</ref> He was named after his father's mentor, [[Arthur Phillip]], the first governor of [[New South Wales]] and founder of the British [[penal colony]] which later became the city of [[Sydney]]. This explains the difference in spelling of his and his father's first names. King married Harriet Lethbridge in 1817. The couple had eight children. Two of his sons, [[Philip King (Australian politician)|Philip Gidley]] (named after his grandfather) and [[John King (Australian politician)|John]], were both pastoralists and politicians. King died in [[No