Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, baronet

(1773-1860)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Brisbane, Thomas Makdougall, Sir, bart, 1773-1860 NRA: Brisbane, Sir Thomas Makdougall- (1773-1860), Baronet General astronomer colonial governor DNB: Brisbane, Sir Thomas Makdougall, baronet (1773-1860), colonial governor and astronomer LBT ID: ThBrisb1860 VIAF ID: 94380103	B/BAP: 1773-07-23 DIED: 1860-01-27
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File
Educated at Edinburgh, he served under Wellington in the Peninsular War and was governor of New South Wales (1821-25); he was president of the Royal Astronomical Society (1828).
REFERENCES TO Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, baronet: Walter Scott to Thomas Scott, 16 October 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 2 Walter Scott to Walter Scott, jun., 13 November 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 6 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter IX 1819 Chapter X 1819 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 15: Learned Societies Found 1: ¶ 7 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1860) Chapter 4 Found 1: ¶ 27