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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) | 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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