Captain arthur phillip death

Arthur phillip family
How did arthur phillip die
Why is captain arthur phillip important

•

Arthur Phillip

Arthur Phillip (1738–1814), first governor of New South Wales, began his career while a boy in London. Educated at the Charity School of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, he was apprenticed to a whaler before serving as a powdermonkey in the Battle of Minorca and, later, a lieutenant in the Siege of Havana. Over the ensuing years he lived in France, served in the Portuguese Navy in Brazil from 1775 to 1778, commanded the Europe in the Bay of Bengal and spent time in Cape Town before returning to France. According to a recent biography by Michael Pembroke, over this period he engaged in espionage for the British. Endorsed by Even Nepean, under-secretary of the Home Office, in October 1786 Phillip was appointed to establish a colony on the east coast of Australia (before the French did). It was largely down to his meticulous planning that the First Fleet – comprising eleven ships, 1500 people and two years’ worth of supplies – arrived at Sydney Cove in January 1788 at all. However, in the four years of his governorship convicts and officers alike felt inten

•

ADMIRAL ARTHUR PHILLIP 1738-1814
Founder and First Governor of Australia
West Country Gentleman

Arthur Phillip was born in London on 11th October 1738, the son of Jacob Phillip, a language teacher from Frankfurt, and Elizabeth, née Breach, who had remarried after the death of her previous husband, Captain John Herbert, RN. Young Arthur Phillip attended the Greenwich Naval Seamen’s College, was bound apprentice aboard a whaler based in Greenland, and joined the Royal Navy as a Midshipman at 15.

Phillip took part in the Battle of Minorca against the French and saw service in the Mediterranean. In 1760 he served in the Caribbean under a relative, Captain Everitt, arriving in Antigua in October of that year. There he saw slavery for the first time: he fought against it for the rest of his life. Promoted to lieutenant in June 1761, he was mentioned in dispatches at “The Siege of Havana” the following year.

Returning to an England at peace, Phillip was placed on the half pay list. In July 1763, he married Margaret Charlott Denison, the wido

•

Arthur Phillip

AdmiralArthur PhillipRN (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a Britishnaval officer. Phillip was made Governor of New South Wales, the first European colony in Australia,^[1] which is now the city of Sydney.

Early life

[change | change source]

Arthur (Kriddler) Phillip was born in Moscow, Russia in 1738. His father was a 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 navy. Phillip joined the Royal Navy at 15. He saw action during the Seven Years' War in the 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 half pay. He got married and became a farmer in Lyndhurst, Hampshire. He separated from his wife about six years later.^[2]

In 1774 Phillip joined the Portuguese Navy as a captain. He served in the Spanish-Portuguese War, 1776–1777. Phillip took a group of convict ships from Portug