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Vice Admiral John Hunter (29 August 1737 – 13 March 1821) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second Governor of New South Wales, serving from 1795 to 1800. Both a sailor and a scholar, he explored the Parramatta River as early as 1788, and was the first to surmise that Tasmania might be an island.
Vice Admiral John Hunter (29 August 1737 – 13 March 1821) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second Governor of New South Wales, serving from 1795 to 1800.
John Hunter (1737–1821), an officer of the Royal Navy, sailed with the First Fleet as a second captain on board HMS Sirius. Hunter went on to become the second governor of New South Wales and later retired having achieved the rank of vice-Admiral. Hunter was born on 29 August 1737 at Leith in Scotland.
John Hunter. 1738-1821. He was born on 29 August 1737 at Leith, Scotland, one of nine children of William Hunter a captain in the merchant service, and of his wife Helen Drummond, the niece of the lord-provost of Edinburgh. His elder brother, Lieutenant William Hunter, died at Greenwich Hospital in 1810, aged 79.
John Hunter (29 August 1737 – 13 March 1821) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, rising to the rank of vice-admiral. He succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second New South Wales, Australia and served as such from 1795 to 1800.
Vice Admiral John Hunter (29 August 1737 – 13 March 1821) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second Governor of New South Wales, serving from 1795 to 1800. WikiMili
24 de fev. de 2023 · John Hunter was a naval officer who served in the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. Hunter started as an able seaman on HMS Centaur in 1755, where he was promoted to midshipman and served on HMS Union and HMS Neptune.
