The objects of the expedition having been fully accomplished, Captain Brisbane was charged with the duplicates of his noble chief’s despatches, with which he came home overland, and arrived at the Admiralty some days before the original. On the 2d Oct. in the same year, he received the honor of knighthood, as a reward for his able and meritorious conduct. He had been nominated a C.B. for his former services, at the extension of that Order in 1815.
Sir James Brisbane married, in 1800, the only daughter of John Ventham, Esq., by whom he has one son and two daughters.
Agent.– William Marsh, Esq.
JOHN FERRIS DEVONSHIRE, Esq
[Post-Captain of 1801.]
This officer was made a Lieutenant by Sir John Jervis, into the Terpsichore of 32 guns, during the West India campaign in 1794. He subsequently served in succession on the Halifax, Leeward Islands, North Sea, and Mediterranean stations.
Early in Oct. 1796, the Terpichore was despatched from Gibraltar to inform the commander-in-chief, of the squadron under Rear-Admiral Mann having been chased thither by the Spanish fleet. On her return she fell in with, and captured an enemy’s frigate of far superior force. The particulars of the action, with its splendid result, we here submit to our readers in the words of her gallant commander, Captain Richard Bowen, who unfortunately fell at Teneriffe in the following year[1].
