Background
Philip Gidley King was born in Parramatta to Philip Parker King and Harriett Lethbridge. His grandfather, Philip Gidley King, was Governor of New South Wales from 1800 to 1806.
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Philip King
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He was educated at Deptford in England from 1824 to 1825, and in 1831 became a midshipman. During this time he became a friend of Charles Darwin.
Career
In 1836 he returned to Parramatta, and subsequently he worked on pastoral stations on the Murrumbidgee River and around Portuguese Phillip. In 1842 he took charge of horse and cattle studs at Stroud for the Australian Agricultural Company. From 1854 King managed a property near Tamworth.
King was the inaugural mayor of the town of Tamworth from 1876 to 1880.
King died at Double Bay in Sydney in 1904.
Politics
In 1880 he was appointed by Sir Henry Parkes, the Premier, to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he was generally associated with the Free Trade Party.
Membership
He was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.
