Alexander Beatson

Officer in the east india company's service, governor of st. helena, and an experimental agriculturist.

Alexander Beatson (24 October 1759 – 15 October 1830) 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.