Colonel Francis Brinley was an English-born landowner, philanthropist and militia officer best known for being the subject of a John Smibert portrait which is currently owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Though he was born and died in England, Brinley spent most of his life in the British Province of Massachusetts Bay as a prosperous landholder who became involved with several colonization projects throughout the colony. He had a two story house that was an important landmark of Rhode island and it eventually got transfered into a tavern.
- Occupation
- military personnel, philanthropist
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1690
- Died
