 He even acquired the half-share in a merchant ship and formed business partnerships with leading settlers John Macarthur and Garnham Blaxcell.William Bligh, the abrasive Royal Navy officer of Mutiny on the Bounty renown, arrived in Sydney in 1806 as the Governor, replacing the less confrontational Philip Gidley King.He was determined to uphold the letter of the law and impose his authority on New South Wales by stamping out the kind of unsanctioned entrepreneurial behaviour exhibited by Jamison and other representatives of the British Crown, including certain military officers serving with the New South Wales Corps.