Charles Brisbane

Sir Charles Brisbane
Born	1770
Died	December 1829 Saint Vincent
Allegiance	Great Britain  United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	– 1829
Rank	Rear-Admiral
Commands	HMS Tarleton HMS Oiseau HMS Tremendous HMS Crescent HMS Doris HMS Trent HMS Goliath HMS Arethusa HMS Blake
Battles / wars	American Revolutionary War Action of 8 January 1780 Great Siege of Gibraltar Battle of the Saintes French Revolutionary Wars Siege of Toulon Siege of Saint-Florent Siege of Bastia Napoleonic Wars Capture of Curaçao Action of 23 August 1806
Awards	Knight Commander of the Bath

Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Brisbane, KCB (1770 – December 1829) was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Saint Vincent from 1808 to 1829. During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, he took part in 1796 in the capitulation of Saldanha Bay, the capture of the Spanish frigate Pomona off Havana, Cuba in 1806, and then in 1807 was in command at capture of the island of Curaçao. He was made governor of St. Vincent in 1808, and served as such until his death in 1829.