Peter Bonnevaux

Colonel Peter Bonnevaux

4th Military Governor of British Ceylon
In office 2 July 1797 – 12 July 1797
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	Welbore Ellis Doyle
Succeeded by	Pierre Frédéric de Meuron
3rd General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
In office 30 June 1797 – 1797
Preceded by	Welbore Ellis Doyle
Succeeded by	Pierre Frédéric de Meuron
Personal details
Died	12 July 1797 Colombo, British Ceylon
Military service
Allegiance	Great Britain
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Colonel
Unit	10th Madras Native Infantry
Commands	General Officer Commanding, Ceylon

Colonel Peter Bonnevaux (1752–1797) was the fourth Military Governor of British Ceylon and third General Officer Commanding, Ceylon. He was appointed Governor on 2 July 1797 and was Governor until 12 July 1797. He was succeeded by Pierre Frédéric de Meuron.^[1]

Bonnevaux joined the 10th Madras Native Infantry of the East India Company's Madras Army as an Ensign in 1768 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel by 1794.^[2]

References

Government offices
Preceded by Welbore Ellis Doyle	Military Governor of British Ceylon 1797-1797	Succeeded by Pierre Frédéric de Meuron
Military offices
Preceded by Welbore Ellis Doyle	General Officer Commanding, Ceylon 1797-1797	Succeeded by Pierre Frédéric de Meuron

←Governors of British Ceylon →

Military Governors	Agnew Stuart Doyle Bonnevaux de Meuron Andrews*

Governors	North Maitland Wilson Brownrigg Barnes Paget Campbell Barnes Wilson Wilmot-Horton Stewart-Mackenzie Campbell Emerson Tennent Torrington MacCarthy Anderson MacCarthy Ward Lockyer Wilkinson MacCarthy O'Brien Robinson Robinson Irving Gregory Longden Douglas Hamilton-Gordon Havelock Walker Ridgeway im Thurn Blake Clifford McCallum Stubbs Chalmers Stubbs Anderson Stubbs Manning Clementi Alexander Clifford Fletcher Stanley Bourdillon Thomson Tyrrell Stubbs Wedderburn Caldecott Moore**

Acting, Resident and Superintendent, became Governor-General of Ceylon*

General Officer Commanding, Ceylon

1 Stuart 2 Doyle 3 Bonnevaux 4 de Meuron 5 Champagné 6 MacDowall 7 Wemyss 8 Maitland 9 Wilson 10 Brownrigg 11 Jackson 12 Barnes 13 Campbell 14 Lowe 15 Wilson 16 Arbuthnot 17 Campbell 18 Smelt 19 Bainbrigge 20 Reed 21 Lockyer 22 O'Brien 23 Hodson 24 Renny 25 Street 26 Wilby

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