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Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F
Date transcribed | 2011-03-01 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | De Meuron | | First Name(s) | Charles Daniell | | Year of Birth | 1738 | | Year of Death | 1806 | | Entry | Maj -General : son of Theodore de Meuron, justicier : born May 6, 1738 : at 17 fought in a body of Swiss Marines for the French, against the English at Rochefort : in 1757, on the Florissant nearly escaped capture by the English : joined the Swiss Guards, 1763 : Captain and Colonel, 1768 : as proprietary colonel raised in 1781 the Neuchatel regiment de Meuron, 1,020 strong, for the Dutch E.I. Co. : reached the Cape, Jan. 1782 : sent on to Ceylon to reinforce Suffrein : to Cuddalore, June 1783 : returned to Ceylon and the Cape, and again Ceylon, where he, then Colonel, left the regiment, of which the Commanding Officer was his brother Pierre Frederich (q.v.) : in 1795, C. D. de Meuron after prolonged negotiations ceded the regiment to England : the transfer was ratified at Madras, 1797 : de Meuron went to England, 1797, and was occupied in recruiting, and in the negotiations for completing the transfer, 1798 : was made a British Maj-General : retired : died at Neuchatel April 6, 1806. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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