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BRISBANE, Thomas Makdougall

Born near Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, 23 July 1773; died Largs 27 January 1860. Education University of Edinburgh and English Academy, Kensington. Ensign, British Army, 1789-93; promoted to captain 1793, major 1798, lieutenant-colonel 1800, colonel 1810, brigadier-general 1812, general 1841. Governor N.S.W. 1821-25. K.C.B. 1814, K.C.H. 1817, Baronet 1836, G.C.B. 1837. F.R.S. 1810. President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1832. D.C.L.(Oxon.) 1823.
  1. (Communicated by Captain Henry Kater) An account of experiments made with an invariable pendulum at New South Wales. Royal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions., 113 (1823), 308-324.
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