Charles Bisset

Charles Bisset (1717–1791) was a Scottish physician and military engineer. He studied medicine at Edinburgh; was second surgeon of the military hospital, Jamaica, 1740; served in Admiral Vernon's fleet; returned to England, 1745; was ensign in the 42nd Highlanders, 1746; prepared reports of the defences of Bergen-Op-Zoom; and was engineer-extraordinary in the engineer brigade. He afterwards practised medicine at Skelton, Yorkshire. He published works on military fortification…