James Brisbane

Sir James Brisbane
Born	1774
Died	19 December 1826 Penang, Malaya
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1787 to 1826
Rank	Captain
Commands held	HMS Daphne HMS Cruizer HMS Saturn HMS Alcmene HMS Belle Poule HMS Vengeur HMS Pembroke East Indies Station
Battles/wars	French Revolutionary Wars • Glorious First of June Napoleonic Wars • Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814 Bombardment of Algiers First Anglo–Burmese War
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 (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.

James Brisbane was born in 1774, the son of Admiral John Brisbane and the younger brother of future Admiral Charles Brisbane. In 1787 Brisbane went to sea aboard HMS Culloden and by 1794 he was signal midshipman aboard Lord Howe's flagship HMS Queen Charlotte. Brisbane served in this capacity at the Glorious First of June, where Queen Charlotte was heavily engaged and badly damaged. In the aftermath of the battle, Brisbane was promoted to lieutenant and was sent to the Cape of Good Hope, later joining George Elphinstone's flagship HMS Monarch and being present at the surrender of a Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay.