[Born at Cambrai, in France, 1739. Died, 1823. Aged 84.]
Played a conspicuous part in the first French Revolution, changing from
one party to another. His antipathy to the extreme Republicans induced
him at last to treat with Austria for the invasion of France, but,
deserted by his army, he retired to Hamburgh and thence to England. A
friend of Lord Castlereagh and the late Duke of Kent. Enterprising,
ambitious, and capable, but inconsiderate and hasty. He wrote several
works.