Beatson, Alexander, 1759-1830, army officer and colonial administrator
Biographical notes:
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
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001123.0x000099
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- Gingee, Madras (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Kanara District, Madras (as recorded)
- Indonesia, Asia (as recorded)
- Penukonda, Madras (as recorded)
- Cuttack, Orissa (as recorded)
- Khandesh, Bombay (as recorded)
- Coimbatore, Madras (as recorded)
- Conjeeveram, Madras (as recorded)
- Malabar, India (as recorded)
- Sravana Belgola, Mysore (as recorded)
- Japan, Asia (as recorded)
- Panipat, India (as recorded)
- Hyderabad State, India (as recorded)
- Travancore State, India (as recorded)
- Ambur, Madras (as recorded)
- Corsica, France (as recorded)
- Wilmslow, Cheshire (as recorded)
- Coringa, Madras (as recorded)
- Bijapur, Bombay (as recorded)
- Pulicat, Madras (as recorded)
- Daulatabad, Hyderabad State (as recorded)
- Rayadrug, Madras (as recorded)
- Bali, Indonesia (as recorded)
- Guntur, Madras (as recorded)
- Indore State, India (as recorded)
- Sweden, Europe (as recorded)
- Jaipur State, India (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
- Jagannatha Temple, India (as recorded)
- Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey (as recorded)
- Savanur State, India (as recorded)
- Mysore State, India (as recorded)
- Ratnagiri, Bombay (as recorded)
- Salem, Madras (as recorded)
- Tuticorin, Madras (as recorded)
- St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
- Bellary, Madras (as recorded)
- Nagpur, Central Provinces (as recorded)
- Philippines, Asia (as recorded)
- Red Sea, Asia (as recorded)
- Jidda, Saudi Arabia (as recorded)
- Naples and Sicily, Kingdom of, Italy (as recorded)
- Kandy, Sri Lanka (as recorded)
- Central Asia, Asia (as recorded)
- Madras, India (as recorded)
- Berar, India (as recorded)
- Chittoor, Madras (as recorded)
- Baroda State, India (as recorded)
- Balambangan, Malaysia (as recorded)
- Covelong, Madras (as recorded)
- Marseilles, France (as recorded)
- Kistna River, India (as recorded)
- Northern Circars, Madras (as recorded)
- Acre, Palestine (as recorded)
- Ahmadnagar, Bombay (as recorded)
- Tibet, Asia (as recorded)
- Tranquebar, India (as recorded)
- Chingleput, Madras (as recorded)
- Rajahmundry, Madras (as recorded)
- Ellora, Hyderabad State (as recorded)
- Sandur State, India (as recorded)
- Mysore, India (as recorded)
- Delhi, India (as recorded)
- Miraj State, India (as recorded)
- Telugu Country, India (as recorded)
- Saint Helena, South Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
- Tanjore, Madras (as recorded)
- Suez - isthmus of, Egypt (as recorded)
- Sumatra, Indonesia (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Chitaldroog, Mysore (as recorded)
- Tirupati, Madras (as recorded)
- East Indies, Asia (as recorded)
- Coorg, South India (as recorded)
- Scotland, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Bengal, India (as recorded)
- Sri Lanka, Asia (as recorded)
- Afghanistan, Asia (as recorded)
- Anagundi, Hyderabad State (as recorded)
- Golconda, Hyderabad (as recorded)
- Borneo, Indonesia (as recorded)
- Tinnevelly, Madras (as recorded)
- Nagar, Mysore (as recorded)
- Deccan, India (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Suez, Egypt (as recorded)
- Malacca, Malaysia (as recorded)
- Warangal, Hyderabad State (as recorded)
- Genoa, Italy (as recorded)
- China, Asia (as recorded)
- Srirangam, Madras (as recorded)
- St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
- Makasar, Indonesia (as recorded)
- Jakarta, Indonesia (as recorded)
- Wadgaon, India (as recorded)
- Trichinopoly, Madras (as recorded)
- Seringapatam, Mysore (as recorded)
- Cochin, Madras (as recorded)
- Arcot State, India (as recorded)
- Saint Thomas's Mount, Madras (as recorded)
- Konkan Coast, Bombay (as recorded)
- Gwalior State, India (as recorded)
- Seringapatam, Mysore (as recorded)
- Aurangabad, Hyderabad State (as recorded)
- Madura, Madras (as recorded)
- Cauvery River, India (as recorded)
- Talikota, India (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Java, Indonesia (as recorded)
- Kurnool, Madras (as recorded)
- Wynaad, Madras (as recorded)
- Carnatic Region, India (as recorded)
- Ajanta, Hyderabad State (as recorded)
- Baramahal, Madras (as recorded)
- Bantam, Indonesia (as recorded)
- Kondavid, Madras (as recorded)
- Vijayanagar, Madras (as recorded)
- Kondapalli, Madras (as recorded)
- Toulon, Var (as recorded)
- Ramnad, Madras (as recorded)
- St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
- Brussels, Belgium (as recorded)
- Gooty, Madras (as recorded)
- Masulipatam, Madras (as recorded)
- Macao, China (as recorded)
- Pondicherry, India (as recorded)
