Castaños, a Spanish general; distinguished for his victory over the French under Dupont, whom he compelled to surrender and sign the capitulation of Baylen, in 1808; after this he served under Wellington in several engagements, and was commander of the Spanish army, ready, if required, to invade France in 1815 (1758‒1852).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Castanet * Caste