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Brigadier general Pierre Frédéric de Meuron (1746–1813) 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 also the commanding officer in Ceylon of the Regiment de Meuron, a unit of Swiss mercenaries that had served in Ceylon under the Dutch, but whose transfer of allegiance to the British facilitated the fall of Columbo to the British on 15 October 1796. de Meuron's successor was Robert Andrews, who served as Resident and Superintendent of British Ceylon.

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  • Pierre Frédéric de Meuron (fr)
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  • Pierre Frédéric de Meuron (1746-1813) est un homme militaire suisse, ayant servi dans l'armée néerlandaise, puis britannique. Il est le 5e et dernier gouverneur militaire du Ceylan britannique, avant que ce poste ne soit remplacé par celui de résident et super-intendant. Son frère Charles-Daniel de Meuron lui donne le commandement du Régiment de Meuron en 1787. (fr)
  • Brigadier general Pierre Frédéric de Meuron (1746–1813) 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 also the commanding officer in Ceylon of the Regiment de Meuron, a unit of Swiss mercenaries that had served in Ceylon under the Dutch, but whose transfer of allegiance to the British facilitated the fall of Columbo to the British on 15 October 1796. de Meuron's successor was Robert Andrews, who served as Resident and Superintendent of British Ceylon. (en)
  • Pierre-Frédéric de Meuron född 1746, död 1813, var en schweizisk officer, överste i nederländsk och generallöjtnant i brittisk tjänst. Han var son till en köpman och miliskapten och började sitt yrkesliv som handelslärling. Som vuхen var han anställd av en släkting vilken var manufakturhandlare. Meuron var dessutom rådman och major i den lokala milisen. (sv)
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