Historedia
Person

Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball

Events
1
Episodes
4
Years
1788

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Arrival and Establishment of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove

    1788

    Role: Commander of the Armed Tender HMS Supply, discoverer of Lord Howe Island

    1. 18 January 1788 · Botany Bay, New South WalesHMS Supply leads the First Fleet into Botany Bay

      The armed tender HMS Supply reached Botany Bay on 18 January 1788, ahead of the transports arriving over the following two days.

    2. 26 January 1788 · Sydney Cove, Port JacksonFleet moves to Sydney Cove and possession is declared

      On 26 January 1788 the Fleet sailed from Botany Bay to Port Jackson, landing at Sydney Cove, where Phillip had chosen the penal settlement site and possession of New South Wales was declared.

    3. 7 February 1788 (disputed) · Sydney, Colony of New South WalesSydney formally named

      The settlement at Sydney Cove, named after the 1st Baron Sydney, the British Home Secretary, is associated with the formal founding of Sydney; a legacy claim of formal naming on 7 February 1788 is unverified by supplied sources.

    4. 17 February 1788 · Lord Howe Island, Tasman SeaHMS Supply sights Lord Howe Island

      On 17 February 1788 Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball, commanding HMS Supply en route from Botany Bay to Norfolk Island with nine male and six female convicts, made the first reported sighting of Lord Howe Island.

Sources

  1. Lord Howe Island Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-14