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- TitleSeries 5: King family - Papers of Phillip Parker King, 1793-1832
- Call numberSAFE/MLMSS 4530/Box 2 (Safe 1/326)
- Level of descriptionseries
- Date
1793-1832 - Type of material
- Reference code7507
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : CY 3736, frames 1-126 (MLMSS 4530/2)
- Physical Description0.06 metres of textual material (5 folders) - manuscript - 24.0 x 35.5 cm
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Phillip Parker King, 1791-1856, the only son of Philip Gidley and Anna Josepha King, was born on Norfolk Island and entered the Navy in 1807. After service on various ships he was appointed a lieutenant, and in 1817 he returned to New South Wales where he surveyed the coast in four voyages. He was promoted to commander and returned to England in 1822. In 1825 he took command of H.M.S. Adventure which, with H.M.S. Beagle, charted the coasts of South America from 1826 to 1830. Returning to New South Wales in 1832 he settled near St Marys. He was promoted to the rank of rear-admiral in 1855 and died in 1856. - Scope and ContentMLMSS 4530/2/1-4
1810-1830; Commissions of appointment to various ships, 28 Feb. 1814-25 Feb. 1830
MLMSS 4530/2/5-14
1810-1814; References from more senior officers, 11 Feb. 1810-21 Jan. 1814
MLMSS 4530/2/15-24
1793-1856; Legal papers. Includes a copy, 1793, of entry in baptism register giving particulars of P.P. King's birth at Norfolk Island in 1791; grant of land, 1831; papers, 1833, concerning a grant of land to his mother Anna Josepha King, including letters by P.P. King, George Thomas Palmer and Richard Fitzgerald; grant of probate, 1856, in the estate of P.P. King
MLMSS 4530/2/25-34
1800-1830; Letters received. Includes letters received while in naval service from his father Philip Gidley King, 14 Jan. 1800-26 Aug. 1808, chiefly concerning family matters with letter dated 6 Nov. 1806 addressed to P.P. King and to Anna Maria King, his sister
MLMSS 4530/2/35-45
1826-1832; Letters received, 12 Aug. 1826-24 Apr. 1842. Correspondents include Samuel Enderby concerning his business ventures; James David Forbes; Aylmer Bourke Lambert concerning botanical specimens; Rear-Admiral Otway concerning the voyage of the Adventure; Admiralty officials chiefly concerning botanical specimens
MLMSS 4530/2/46
1830; Letter from Lord Auckland to Captain George Elliot, 25 Nov. 1830, concerning plant specimens collected by P.P. King. Enclosed is a copy of a letter received by Lord Auckland from John Lindley, 6 Dec. 1830 - Copying ConditionsOut of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - Creator/Author/ArtistAuckland, George Eden, Earl of, 1784-1849
Elliot, George
Enderby, Samuel, 1756-1829
Fitzgerald, Richard, 1772-1840
Forbes, James David, 1809-1868
King, Philip Gidley, 1758-1808
King, Phillip Parker, 1791-1856
Lambert, Aylmer Bourke, 1761-1842
Lindley, John, 1799-1865
Macarthur, Anna Maria, 1793-1852
Otway, Robert Waller, 1st Baronet, 1770-1846
Palmer, George Thomas, 1784-1854 - Name
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