Sir James Brisbane | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1774 |
| Died | 19 December 1826 Port Jackson, Sydney, New South Wales[1][2] |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1787 to 1826 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands | HMS Daphne HMS Cruizer HMS Saturn HMS Alcmene HMS Belle Poule HMS Vengeur HMS Pembroke East Indies Station |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Knight Bachelor Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Captain Sir James Brisbane, CB (1774 – 19 December 1826) was a British Royal Navy officer of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Although never engaged in any major actions, Brisbane served under both Lord Howe and Horatio Nelson and performed important work at the Cape of Good Hope, prior to the Battle of Copenhagen and in the Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814. In later life Brisbane became commander-in-chief in the East Indies. He contracted dysentery in Burma and arrived in Port Jackson in Sydney aboard HMS Warspite, where he died on 19 December 1826. He was a cousin of General Sir Thomas Brisbane who had earlier been governor of New South Wales.
- ^ Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
- ^ Laughtin, J. K. (23 September 2004). "Brisbane, Sir James (1774–1826), naval officer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3446. Retrieved 28 March 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)