Diez, Juan Martin, a Spanish brigadier-general of cavalry, born at Valladolid, the son of a peasant; had, as head of guerilla bands, done good service to his country during the Peninsular war and been promoted; offending the ruling powers, was charged with conspiracy, tried, and executed (1775‒1825).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Diez, Friedrich Christian * Digby