The Naval Chronicle Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PLATES IN VOLUME XX. From Original Designs
- PREFACE TO THE TWENTIETH VOLUME
- MEMOIR OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF THE LATE CAPTAIN WILLIAM HENRY JERVIS, OF THE ROYAL NAVY
- MEMOIR OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF SIR CHARLES BRISBANE, KNT. CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY
- MEMOIR OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF THE LATE JOHN BENBOW, ESQ. VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE SQUADRON
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF GEORGE NICHOLAS HARDINGE, ESQ. LATE CAPTAIN OF THE SAN FIORENZO
- MEMOIR OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF THE LATE SIR HYDE PARKER, BART. VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE SQUADRON
- MEMOIR OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF THE LATE SIR CHARLES SAXTON, BART. COMMISSIONER OF THE NAVY AT PORTSMOUTH
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MEMOIR OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF SIR CHARLES BRISBANE, KNT. CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2011
- Frontmatter
- PLATES IN VOLUME XX. From Original Designs
- PREFACE TO THE TWENTIETH VOLUME
- MEMOIR OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF THE LATE CAPTAIN WILLIAM HENRY JERVIS, OF THE ROYAL NAVY
- MEMOIR OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF SIR CHARLES BRISBANE, KNT. CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY
- MEMOIR OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF THE LATE JOHN BENBOW, ESQ. VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE SQUADRON
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF GEORGE NICHOLAS HARDINGE, ESQ. LATE CAPTAIN OF THE SAN FIORENZO
- MEMOIR OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF THE LATE SIR HYDE PARKER, BART. VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE SQUADRON
- MEMOIR OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF THE LATE SIR CHARLES SAXTON, BART. COMMISSIONER OF THE NAVY AT PORTSMOUTH
- INDEX
- Plate section
Summary
“ ——— Now, by Heav'n, I feel,
Beyond all omens, that within my breast,
Which marshals me to conquest; something here,
That snatches me beyond all mortal fears;
Lifts me to where, upon her jasper throne,
Sits flame-rob'd Victory, who calls me son,
And crowns me with a palm, whose deathless green
Shall bloom when Cæsar's fades.”
Mason.In presenting the public with a memoir of the public services of Sir Charles Brisbane, the gallant captor of the island of Curaçoa, we perform a very grateful duty. The “plain unvarnished tale” will, in various instances, furnish substantial proofs of the superiority of British seamen to those of any other nation in the world.
Sir Charles is the fourth but eldest surviving son of the late John Brisbane, Esq. admiral of the red squadron.—He is descended from a very ancient family, who were settled at Bishopton, in the shire of Renfrew, in Scotland, as far back as the reign of King Robert II.
Of the professional life of the late Admiral Brisbane, before we proceed with our main subject, we shall relate a few particulars.
With that gentleman's earlier services we are unacquainted. On the 5th of August, 1757, he obtained a lieutenant's commission; and, according to Charnock, without passing through the intermediate rank of commander, was made post, on the 24th of September, 1761.
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- The Naval ChronicleContaining a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects, pp. 81 - 168Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1808