Boigne, Count de, a French soldier of fortune, born at Chambéry; served under France, Russia, East India Company, and the prince of the Mahrattas, to whom he rendered signal service; amassed wealth, which he dealt out generously and for the benefit of his country (1751‒1830).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Boieldieu, Adrien François * Boii