John Brisbane (naval officer)
John Brisbane (1735–1807) was a Royal Navy commander who rose to be Admiral of the Fleet. Life and career He was born in Largs, Renfrewshire on 24 September 1735 one of ten children of Thomas Brisbane (b.1688) and his wife, Isabel Nicholson. On 5 August 1757 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. He was created Commander of the 12 gun sloop HMS Virgin at Barbados on 17 October 1760 as an in-field promotion. In March 1762 he was one of seven wounded in a landing party on St Lucia attempting to capture a schooner laden with coffee, but under fire from local fortifications. He was promoted to Captain on 24 September 1761 and given command of the 28-gun HMS Lizard and her crew of 200 men in place of Captain James Doake. On 8 October on passage from Antigua to St Kitts he captured or sank five vessels out of a convoy of 17 en route from St Eustatius to Martinique. In January/February 1762 she was part of the attacks on Martinique. On 7 February 1762 he was given command of the 22 gun HMS Nightingale in Martinique and returned her to Britain for repair at