Pierre Frédéric de Meuron

Pierre-Frédéric de Meuron (17 April 1746 – 30 March 1813 ) was a Swiss army officer and colonial administrator who served the fifth Military Governor of British Ceylon from 1797 to 1798, and fourth General Officer Commanding, Ceylon. He was also the commanding officer of the Regiment de Meuron, a unit of Swiss mercenaries that had served in Ceylon under the Dutch, but whose transfer of allegiance to Great Britain facilitated the fall of Columbo to the British on 15 October 1796.

Biography Meuron was born in Saint-Sulpice, Principality of Neuchâtel (now Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland). Meuron was promoted to major general in 1798 and to lieutenant general in 1805. He retired in 1812 and died in Neuchâtel on 30 March 1813.