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|honorific-prefix = [[Colonel]]<br />
|name = Peter Bonnevaux<br />
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|order = 4th<br />
|office = Military Governor of British Ceylon<br />
|term_start = 2 July 1797<br />
|term_end = 12 July 1797<br />
|lieutenant = <br />
|predecessor = [[Welbore Ellis Doyle]]<br />
|successor = [[Pierre Frédéric de Meuron]]<br />
|monarch = [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]]<br />
|order2 = 3rd<br />
|office2 = General Officer Commanding, Ceylon<br />
|term_start2 = 30 June 1797<br />
|term_end2 = 1797<br />
|predecessor2 = [[Welbore Ellis Doyle]]<br />
|successor2 = [[Pierre Frédéric de Meuron]]<br />
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|death_date = 12 July 1797<br />
|death_place = Colombo, British Ceylon<br />
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|allegiance = [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]<br />
|branch = [[British Army]]<br />
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|rank = [[Colonel]]<br />
|unit = [[10th Madras Native Infantry]]<br />
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[[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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka|url=http://www.rulers.org/ruls3.html#sri_lanka|publisher=Rulers.org|accessdate=20 June 2013}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/under/research/biographies/bonnevaux.html |title=Under a Tropical Sun: Biographies: Peter Bonnevaux |access-date=2013-10-08 |archive-date=2013-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502182635/http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/under/research/biographies/bonnevaux.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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