Antony Beaujon also Anthony[1] (c. 1763 – 17 October 1805)[1] was a Dutch and British civil servant and politician in Guyana.
[8] While in exile, Willem V started writing the Kew Letters to the colonial governors urging them to submit to Great-Britain.
[9][10] On 23 April 1795, Governor baron Willem August Sirtema van Grovestins discussed the matter with the Court of Policy, however the Patriots (Republicans) outnumbered the Orangists (traditionalists and nobility), and the colonies remained part of the Batavian Republic.
[11] On 4 May 1795, HMS Zebra arrived in the harbour of Stabroek (nowadays: Georgetown) offering British protection against a possible French attack.
[18] On 18 May 1803, war was declared between Great Britain and France, and on 17 September, a British fleet arrived in Demerara which capitulated the next day.