 Pierre-Frederic de Meuron, brother of Count Charles-Daniel, changed his blue Dutch uniform for a red British one and became Military Governor of Ceylon in September 1797 until he was relieved by Frederic North, the first British Governor.The Maritime Provinces of Ceylon became British never to be returned to the Dutch.In January 1816 the last Kandian King Sri Wickrema Rajasinghe, the youngest Nayakka prince to have ascended the throne of the Sinhalese Kingdom was banished from Ceylon.