Brummell, Beau, born in London, in his day the prince of dandies; patronised by the Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV.; quarrelled with the prince; fled from his creditors to Calais, where, reduced to destitution, he lived some years in the same reckless fashion; settled at length in Caen, where he died insane (1778‒1805).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Brumaire * Brunck