Beatson, Alexander, 1759-1830, army officer and colonial administrator

1775 cadet, East India Company army; 1776-1778 ensign, Madras infantry; 1778-1782 acting lieutenant of engineers, Masulipatam; 1782-1787 aide-de-camp to the commander-in-chief, Major-General James Stuart; 1787-1793 captain, the guides; 1793 chief engineer to the expeditionary force against Île de France (Mauritius); 1795-1798 returned to England; 1798-1799 aide-de-camp to Richard Wellesley, Lord Mornington; c 1800 returned to England; 1801 colonel; 1808-1813 governor of St Helena; 1813 promoted to major-general, returned to England; c 1814 lieutenant-general.

Epithet: army officer and colonial administrator

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