BRUNNOW, Count, ERNEST PIIIL.VON, a Russian diplomatist, was b. at Dresden, 1797, and studied at the university of Lcipsic. At the time of the congress of Aix-la-Cha pelle, be entered the Russian service, and the ministers Nesselrode and Capo d'Istrias recognized at once his fitness for a diplomatic career. Among other posts, he attended the congresses of Troppau and Laybach, acted one year as secretary to the embassy in London, went to the congress of Verona, and then occupied for a time a high office in St. Petersburg. He was present, in a civil capacity, in the campaigns of 1828 and 1829 against the Turks. In the autumn of 1839, he was sent on a special mission to London, to take advantage of the unpleasant feeling between Great Britain and Prance for draw ing the cabinets of St. Petetsburg and London closer together, and in the following spring was accredited as permanent ambassador. In this capacity he soon acquired dis
tinction as a diplomatist. After retiring from London on the outbreak of the war in 1854, he represented Russia in Frankfort, and, along with count Orloff, was sent to the conference of Paris, Feb., 1856. Immediately after the treaty of peace had been con cluded, he was sent on a special mission to London, to re-establish friendly relations between the courts of St. Petersburg and St. James's. He was afterwards appointed to the court of Prussia; but in 1858 he returned to his old place in London, where he was a great favorite. He represented Russia at the conferences in London in 1864 and 1871. In recognition of his services, he was raised by the emperor of Russia to the rank of count in April, 1871. In 1874, he retired to Darmstadt, where he died in the year,