Alexander Drenteln

Alexander Romanovich Drenteln (Александр Романович Дрентельн) (1820-1888) was a 19th-century Russian General.

He held the rank of General of the Infantry, and held the positions of
 * Adjutant General of the H. I. M. Retinue,
 * Chief of Gendarmes
 * and the last Executive Head of the Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Chancellery (1878-1880).

On March 25, 1879 he was the victim of a failed assassination attempt by Russian nihilists.