Sir Alexander Nisbet (6 April 1796[1] – 22 June 1874) was a Scottish naval surgeon notable for his role in early convict transports to Australia, and as HM Inspector of Hospitals for the Royal Navy.
In 1823 he completed a doctorate in medicine at the University of Edinburgh, submitting a dissertation entitled Pneumonia Typhode.
[2] In January 1830 Nisbet decided to return to Australia on the Asia to work as assistant commissioner for the Australian Agricultural Company until he was replaced in August 1831.
[3] He was appointed as Honorary Physician to Queen Victoria in 1873 and later that year he was knighted by Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone.
[2] He died of "natural decay" at his home Arley Lodge in Lee, London at the age of 79, and is buried in Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries.