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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote 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)  Pierre Fredrich    
Year of Birth  1746    
Year of Death  1813    
Entry  Brother of C. D. (q.v.) : born 1746 : commanded the regiment de Meuron under the Dutch in Ceylon : when the English invaded Ceylon in August, 1795, several detachments of the regiment were defeated : that under P. F. de Meuron held out : on its cession to England, in 1795, it embarked for Tuticorin : where de Meuron was made, by Lord Hobart, Military Governor of Ceylon, 1797-8 : commanded the troops there till 1799 : then commanded at Vellore, and Arnee, while the regiment was in the Mysore campaign of 1799 : took the regiment from Vellore to Madras, 1801, and left for London : he retired, 1807, settled at Neuchatel, died there, March 30, 1813 : the regiment was disbanded in 1816, after 14 years' service under the Dutch, 21 years' under the English.     
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