Trenck, Baron von, general, first in the service of Austria, then of Russia; dismissed from both; commanded a regiment of pandours in the Austrian Succession War in the interest of Maria Theresa; tried to capture Frederick the Great; was caught, tried, and condemned to prison, escaped, was captured, and took poison; had a cousin with a similar fate (1711‒1749).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Trench, Richard Chevenix * Trent