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Authorised form of nameBrisbane; Sir; Thomas Makdougall (1773 - 1860)
Other forms of nameThomas Macdougall
Dates1773 - 1860
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBrisbane House, Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date of birth23 July 1773
Place of deathBrisbane House, Largs, Ayrshire
Date of death27 January 1860
OccupationSoldier
Research fieldAstronomy
ActivityEducation:
Edinburgh University
Career:
Ensign, 38th Regiment (1789); Lieutenant (1792); Captain (1793); served in Flanders under the Duke of York; Major (1795); Brigadier General, army of the Peninsula (1812); Governor, New South Wales (1821-1826); Lieutenant General (1825); retired to Scotland; General (1841)
Honours:
KCB 1814; Bt 1836; GCB 1837
Memberships:
FRSE (President 1852)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election10/05/1810
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
VP 1843-1844
RelationshipsSon of Thomas Brisbane; married Anna Maria, heiress of Sir Henry Hay Makdougall, and took the name
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1860-1862 vol 11 pp iii-vii
Notes:
DNB is source of 'Makdougall' spelling.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/94380103
CodeNA7436
Archives associated with this Fellow
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DM/4/74Letter from Thomas Brisbane, Makerstoun Kelso, to the President & Council of the Royal Society18 January 1830
DM/4/103Letter from Thomas Brisbane to Davies Gilbert, President, Royal Society17 November 1830
DM/4/94Letter from Thomas Brisbane to the President and Council of the Royal Society9 June 1830
DM/4/95Letter from Charles Rumker to Davies Gilbert, President, Royal Society18 June 1830
DM/4/79Copy of a letter from James Dunlop28 February 1830
DM/4/75Copy of a letter from Edward Sabine, Secretary, Royal Society, to Sir Thomas Brisbane6 February 1830
DM/4/81Copy of a letter from Thomas Brisbane, Makerstoun, Kelso, to Sir George Murray2 May 1830
IM/000565Brisbane, Sir Thomas Makdougallnd
DM/4/77Letter from Thomas Brisbane, Makerstoun, Kelso, to the President and Council of the Royal Society21 February 1830
DM/4/92Copy of letter from Edward Sabine to Sir Thomas Brisbane13 March 1830
DM/4/76Letter from Thomas Brisbane, Makerstoun, Kelso, to Edward Sabine, Secretary, Royal Society21 February 1830
DM/4/78Letter from Thomas Brisbane, Makerstoun, Kelso, to Sir George Murray28 February 1830
MS/110/5Astronomical observations at Paramatta Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, volume 5August 1824 - February 1825
EC/1810/02Brisbane, Sir Thomas Makdougall: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/110/4Astronomical observations at Paramatta Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, volume 4May 1824 - August 1824
PT/16/24Paper, 'An account of experiments made with an invariable pendulum at New South Wales' by Major Gen Sir Thos [Thomas] Brisbane[1823]
AP/11/5/10Unpublished copy of observations, 'Experiments with an invariable pendulum' by [Thomas Brisbane]September-October 1824
AP/11/5/3Unpublished letter, regarding fourth set of observations from Australia from Tho [Thomas] Brisbane to Sir H [Humphry] Davy14 February 1823
AP/11/5/4Unpublished letter, regarding meteorological observations in Australia from Tho [Thomas] Brisbane to Sir H [Humphry] Davy18 April 1823
AP/11/5/7Unpublished observations, of the winter solstice in Parramatta by [Thomas Brisbane]1824
AP/11/5/8Unpublished letter, regarding observations with invariable pendulum from Tho [Thomas] Brisbane to [Sir Humphry Davy?]6 February 1825
AP/11/5/2Unpublished letter, regarding astronomical observations from Australia from Tho [Thomas] Brisbane to Sir Humphry Davy18 January 1823
AP/11/5/1Unpublished letter, regarding observations at Australian Observatory from Tho [Thomas] Brisbane to Sir Humphry Davy6 September 1822
AP/11/5/6Unpublished letter, regarding observations with invariable pendulum from Tho [Thomas] Brisbane to Capt [Henry] Kater6 November 1824
AP/11/5/9Unpublished observations, 'Experiments with an invariable pendulum, made at Parramatta' by [Thomas Brisbane]September-October 1824
AP/11/5/5Unpublished copy letter, regarding Australian geology and meteorology from Tho [Thomas] Brisbane to [Sir Humphry Davy?]11 June 1824
AP/11/5Unpublished letters, regarding observations from Parramatta from Sir Thomas Brisbane 1822-1825
MS/257/1/242Letter from John Allan Broun, Makerstoun, Kelso to Sir Thomas Macdougall Brisbane29 April 1843
MS/257/1/232Letter from Thomas Macdougall Brisbane, Makerstoun, Kelso to [Edward Sabine]4 September 1841
MS/257/4/29Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to Sir [Thomas Makdougall] Brisbane6 May 1843
MS/110Astronomical observations at Paramatta Observatory, New South Wales, Australia1823-1825
MS/110/3Astronomical observations at Paramatta Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, volume 3December 1823 - May 1824
MS/110/7Astronomical observations at Paramatta Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, volume 7June 1825 - September 1825
MS/110/6Astronomical observations at Paramatta Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, volume 6February 1825 - June 1825
MS/110/1Astronomical observations at Paramatta Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, volume 11823-1825
HS/22/107Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, dated at Collingwood2 January 1842
MS/957/57Letter from Thomas Brisbane, Government House, Parramatta, to 'Dear Sir' [Henry Kater]6 September 1822
MS/110/2Astronomical observations at Paramatta Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, volume 21823
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