Philip John Bainbrigge (1817 – 1881) was a British military officer and painter who served in what was then called Upper and Lower Canada from 1836 to 1843.

[1] Bainbrigge was born at Lichfield, Staffordshire into a military family.

He travelled widely in Canada as it was then, drawing and painting watercolours of which 137 along with his drawing pencil, pen and ink are in Library and Archives Canada.

His subjects ranged widely from the First Nations people to scenic views, especially of fortifications and occupations such as maple sugaring, which provide a valuable record of early Canada.

Albumen prints of Philip John Bainbrigge's father in 1862 by Camille Silvy are preserved in the Photography section of the National Portrait Gallery, London.