Alexander Beatson was a Madras Army officer and colonial administrator. He was a surveyor and engineer in India, rising to Surveyor General in the Madras Presidency before being posted as a governor of St. Helena. He wrote about the English and the history of the war against Tipu Sultan and on observations made during his tenure on St. Helena.
- Occupation
- farmer, botanist
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- 1759, October 24, 1759
- Died
- July 14, 1833, October 15, 1830, 1833
