- BRISBANE, SIR JAMES
- naval officer, brother of the preceding, served under Lord Howe and under Nelson at Copenhagen (1774-1829).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
BRISBANE, SIR JAMES
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