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Known as '''HM Regiment de Meuron'''
== Chronology ==
*'''1781''' raised in Neuchatel, Switzerland (100% Protestant and two thirds Swiss personnel), as the Le Régiment de Meuron after its commander, [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Daniel_de_Meuron Comte Charles de Meuron]. The regiment was a private regiment with Charles de Meuron the proprietor. At the time of its establishment, Neuchatel was ruled by the King of Prussia. The regiment was to serve the Dutch East India Company protecting the Dutch colonies.
*'''1795''' transferred allegiance to the [[British Army]] as Meuron's Regiment after the British took Ceylon from the [[Dutch]]
*'''1816''' disbanded in England at Harwich (with free passage to the continent)
*'''1799''' [[4th Mysore War]] under [[Arthur Wellesley]]
*'''1806''' left India for Malta
==Records==
===National Archives, Kew===
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13061&POSCATLN=6&POSCATID=509000 II. War Department In-Letters And Papers: 1. Of the French Wars period: e. India, Ceylon and East Indies: Mission of Cleghorn to detach the De Meuron regiment from the service of the Dutch East India Company in Ceylon WO 1/361]
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=5&CATID=77636&GPE=False&MARKER=0 Commissary General of Musters Office and successors: General Muster Books and Pay Lists De Meuron's (Swiss) Regiment WO 12 /11960-11972]
===Switzerland===
*The archives in Switzerland consulted while researching the book ''Le Régiment Meuron, 1781-1816'' by Guy de Meuron may be seen in this [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9zvz9eXtN24C&pg=PA349 link] (Google Books), including a mention of records at the Archives de l’Etat in Neuchatel “Fonds Registres Rgt Meuron, 28 cartons, inventaire une page.”
*This [http://www.archive.org/stream/guidetomaterials00faus#page/166/mode/2up link]<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/guidetomaterials00faus#page/166/mode/2up "Canton de Neuchâtel" ''Guide to the materials for American history in Swiss and Austrian archives''] by Albert B. Faust 1916 Archive.org</ref> is about records in Neuchâtel. Page 167 mentions Pièces Annexes, in the Archives de l’Etat with the dossier title Militaire (Service à l’Étranger), and [http://www.archive.org/stream/guidetomaterials00faus#page/172/mode/2up page 172] refers to articles about the Regiment de Meuron
==Also see==
*[[German]]
== References ==
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== External Links ==
[http://ccv.northwestcompany.com/demeuron.html HM Regiment de Meuron] ccv.northwestcompany.com<br>
[http://www.library.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/regiments.html#meuron de Meuron Regiment] www.library.mq.edu.au<br>
[http://replay.waybackmachine.org/2004101315014520071010052149/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/europe/ch-regts/meuron.htm Le Régiment de Meuron] www.regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
[http://www.dutchburgherunion.org/journals/vol_51_60/JDBU%20Vol%2054%20No%201-4%20-%201964(1).pdf "His Majesty's Regiment de Meuron"] by Julian James Cotton. Originally published in the ''Calcutta Review'' Vol. 117 October 1903, republished in the ''Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon'' Vol. LIV January-December 1964. <br>
[http://www.dutchburgherunion.org/journals/vol_41_50/JDBU%20Vol%2043%20No%202%20-%201953(1).pdf "New Light on an Old Controversy: How the Regiment de Meuron became part of the British Army"] by R L Brohier ''Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon'' Volume XLIII no.2, April 1953.<br>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9zvz9eXtN24C&pg=PA44 Chapter 5 "Capitulation avec la Compagnie hollandaise des Indes orientales (1781)"] ''Le Régiment Meuron, 1781-1816'' by Guy de Meuron. (Written in French ) 1982 Google Books(Preview). This book is available at the [[British Library]]<br>"The Meuron Regiment at the Cape, 1783-1788" by Nigel Penn . Presented at a [http://pages.unibas.ch/afrika/nocolonies/prog.htm conference] in October, 2003. [http://pages.unibas.ch/afrika/nocolonies/penn_kaehr.paper.rtf Original link] [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:9bpQjRT8Uu0J:pages.unibas.ch/afrika/nocolonies/penn_kaehr.paper.rtf+%22The+Meuron+Regiment+at+the+Cape,+1783-1788%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au&source=www.google.com.au html version]<br>"Lodge "La Réunion Neuchâteloise", Colombo Sri Lanka 1790-1796" [http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:pV0EVO_VSPMJ:www.masoniclib.com/images/images0/telech.php%3Ffich%3D311729980481.pdf+%22His+Majesty's+Regiment+De+Meuron%22&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjSYehmfJjGrAast8MH104ypuRMEEUEg8FuXnUP93Zlr57KW-45v-GP0g_LvaZcvQleAdTgadC-vq2Uhjb6eXMFL1D8moOEgvxiEctnKZj6OZa1UCuJJu2cGkAu8WgWuLdDk9_Z&sig=AHIEtbQwJr1yWibzWx5_1vgR807OLlh7ew html version] [http://www.masoniclib.com/images/images0/telech.php?fich=311729980481.pdf original pdf] MasonicLib
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