Charles Edward Jennings

Charles Edward Saul Jennings (19 October 1751 – 11 December 1799) was an Irish-born French army officer who served under Napoleon. He was a staunch supporter of Irish independence from British rule in Ireland, while being an active supporter of the French Revolution. Kilmaine is known to have been an associate of Theobald Wolfe Tone, Thomas Paine and Napper Tandy.

Kilmaine served in both the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary Wars. He played a minor role in Irish Rebellion of 1798, going as far as to set up secret meetings between Wolfe Tone and Napoleon. Kilmaine was known for being one of the most charismatic Irish generals of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic period. Though he was not ennobled, he is sometimes referred to as de Kilmaine and Baron de Kilmaine in reference to the Jennings's ancestral home in Kilmaine, County Mayo.