Benningsen, Count (Ben`ningsen, Count) , a Russian general, born at Brunswick; entered the Russian service under Catherine II.; was commander-in-chief at Eylau, fought at Borodino, and victoriously at Leipzig; he died at Hanover, whither he had retired on failure of his health (1745‒1826).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Bennett, Wm. * Bentham, George