Sir thomas makdougall brisbane biography of albert

Left: Unidentified death mask.   Right: John Watson Gordon, Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane (1773–1860). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 1848. Oil on canvas. © The Royal Society of Edinburgh.

There is one mask in the Laurence Hutton Collection of Life and Death Masks unmarked and unidentified. Might this be the death mask of Sir Thomas Brisbane? Here are a few known portraits next to our mask. What do you think?

Sir Thomas Brisbane led a brigade in the Battle of Plattsburgh in 1814, a loss for the British (artist unknown, courtesy State Library of Queensland).

According to the Australian Dictionary of Biography:

Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane (1773-1860), governor, was born on 23 July 1773 at Brisbane House, near Largs, Ayrshire, son of a family of ancient Scottish lineage. He was educated by tutors and attended both the University of Edinburgh and the English Academy, Kensington. In 1789 he was commissioned an ensign in the 38th Regiment, which next year he joine

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Item 95 - Letter from Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane

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Letter from Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane

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Brisbane History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Brisbane

What does the name Brisbane mean?

The ancient Dalriadan kingdom consisted of the Hebrides islands, and the rugged mountains of Scotland west coast. The name Brisbane began in this region; it was a nickname for a person who had sustained a broken bone. This surname derived from the Old French word, briser, which means to break, and the Old English word, bàn, which means bone.1 This was also a nickname, given to a person who was often involved in fights, which resulted in the breaking of bones. Members of the Brisbane family were found in the county of Renfrew (now part of the Strathclyde region), in Scotland, where the family can trace its origin to shortly after the Norman Conquest, in 1066.

Alternatively, the name could have derived from "a place where courts were held; brys, a trial at law, and bann, a mount; breasban, the royal mount. The family of Brisban