PERRON, a French sailor on board the frigate Sardaigne, which came to India in the year 1774. He became acquainted with De Boigne in 1789, and was appointed Captain-Lieutenant in the 2d brigade of Sindia's army. He distinguished him self at the battles of Mirta and Patan, and he ob tained an independent command. At the battle of Kardla, he was in command of ten of De Boigne's trained battalions, with cavalry and artillery, with 5000 men under Filoze, and 3000 under Messing; the total number of the Peshwa's troops, with those of Sindia and Holkar, was 130,000, and 10,000 Pindari. The Nizam's army, under M. Raymond, 20,000 horse, besides artillery. The armies met between Parinda and Khardla,. 12th March 1795, and, after a brief success, the Nizami fled, but Raymond retreated in order. Perron ruled the territory from Lahore to Kota, and between Aligarh and Jodhpur. About the 5th September 1803, he surrendered to Lord Lake, and went to reside at Chandernuggur.
Perron at one time enjoyed a revenue of nearly half a million, and when he surrendered to Lord Lake he carried away with him whatever property he was able to save. Perron had succeeded the veteran De Boigne in the command of Sindia's army, when de Boigne, after many years' service, returned to Savoy with a fortune of nearly half a million sterling. He was an able commander, and was assisted by several able officers of his own, with the object of disciplining Sindia's troops ; lands had been assigned between the Ganges and the Jumna, over which, and at Dehli, Agra, and Futtehghur, Perron ruled with almost regal po w er ; and though ruling ostensibly as Sindia's deputy, it was in the name of the Moghul emperor, or the blind Shah Alan), who was in fact no more than a helpless captive and puppet in his hands.— Havelock.