BRISBANE, ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES

BRISBANE, ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES
   a naval officer of distinction under Lords Hood and Nelson; captured in 1796 Dutch warships, three ships of the line among them, in Saldanha Bay, and in 1807 the island of Curaçoa; was made governor of St. Vincent (1769-1829).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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