Phillip Parker King
Naval officer and hydrographer . Commander of the Adventure, accompanying the Beagle, on the first surveying expedition to South America, 1826–30. Settled in Australia and became commissioner of the Australian Agricultural Company in 1834. Rear-admiral, 1855. FRS 1824.
Sources: Aust. dict. biog. DNB
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See also Correspondence, volume(s): 1,2,3,4,7,11