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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)  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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