Pierre Frédéric de Meuron

Brigadier general Pierre Frédéric de Meuron

5th Military Governor of British Ceylon
In office 12 July 1797 – 12 October 1798
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	Peter Bonnevaux
Succeeded by	Robert Andrews (as Resident and Superintendent of British Ceylon)
4th General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
In office 12 July 1797 – ?
Preceded by	Peter Bonnevaux
Succeeded by	Josiah Champagne
Personal details
Born	1788
Died	1813
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Brigadier general
Commands	General Officer Commanding, Ceylon

Brigadier general Pierre Frédéric de Meuron (1788–1813) was the fifth Military Governor of British Ceylon and fourth General Officer Commanding, Ceylon. He was appointed on 12 July 1797 and was Governor until 12 October 1798. He was succeeded by Robert Andrews as Resident and Superintendent of British Ceylon.^[1]

de Meuron was son of Theodore de Meuron and Elisabeth Dubois of Switzerland.

References

↑ "Sri Lanka". Rulers.org. Retrieved 20 June 2013.

Government offices
Preceded by Peter Bonnevaux	Military Governor of British Ceylon 1797–1798	Succeeded by Robert Andrews (as Resident and Superintendent of British Ceylon)
Military offices
Preceded by Peter Bonnevaux	General Officer Commanding, Ceylon 1797-?	Succeeded by Josiah Champagne

←Governors of British Ceylon →

Military Governors	Agnew Stuart Doyle Bonnevaux de Meuron Andrews*

Governors	North Maitland Wilson Brownrigg Barnes Paget Campbell Barnes Wilson Wilmot-Horton Stewart-Mackenzie Campbell Emerson Tennent Torrington MacCarthy Anderson MacCarthy Ward Lockyer Wilkinson MacCarthy O'Brien Robinson Robinson Irving Gregory Longden Douglas Hamilton-Gordon Havelock Walker Ridgeway im Thurn Blake Clifford McCallum Stubbs Chalmers Stubbs Anderson Stubbs Manning Clementi Alexander Clifford Fletcher Stanley Bourdillon Thomson Tyrrell Stubbs Wedderburn Caldecott Moore**

Acting, Resident and Superintendent, became Governor-General of Ceylon*

General Officer Commanding, Ceylon

1 Stuart 2 Doyle 3 Bonnevaux 4 de Meuron 5 Champagné 6 MacDowall 7 Wemyss 8 Maitland 9 Wilson 10 Brownrigg 11 Jackson 12 Barnes 13 Campbell 14 Lowe 15 Wilson 16 Arbuthnot 17 Campbell 18 Smelt 19 Bainbrigge 20 Reed 21 Lockyer 22 O'Brien 23 Hodson 24 Renny 25 Street 26 Wilby

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