 count tomasz adam ostrowski (december 21, 1735 &ndash; february 5, 1817) was a polish nobleman (szlachcic), politician, spokesman, statesman and count since 1798. tomasz became colonel of the crown army in 1765, chamberlain of king stanisÅaw ii augustus in 1767, castellan of czersk since 1777, court treasurer since 1791, marshal of the sejm of the duchy of warsaw in 1809 and later president of the senate of the duchy of warsaw and the kingdom of poland. he was a member of the permanent council (rada nieustajÄca), and an opponent of the targowica confederation. he was a member of the "zgromadzenie przyjaciÃ³Å konstytucji rzÄdowej" (friends of the may 3 constitution). he was politically tied to king stanisÅaw ii augustus, and he also participated in the "thursday dinners" held annually by the king in his palace in warsaw. he was the founder of tomaszÃ³w mazowieckihttp://www.tomaszow-maz.eu/537-4624a13573ce5.htm ==biography== son of piotr ostrowski and konstancja stoiÅska. in 1765 he married jÃ³zefa godlewska, with whom he had a daughter julia. after the death of jÃ³zefa in 1780 he married apolonia ledÃ³chowska (in 1781), with whom he had nine children most notably antoni jan ostrowski, general commander of the national guard during the november uprising and wÅadysÅaw ostrowski, marshal of the sejm of the polish kingdom in 1830. after the death of his second wife in 1795, ostrowski married apolonia kunegunda brzozowska. in 1764 he supported the election of king stanisÅaw ii augustus. a true hero of the country, he restrained the king from accession to the targowica confederation and he was subsequently imprisoned by the russians. in 1765, was a colonel in the royal army and became royal chamberlain in 1767. ostrowski was member of the confederation of andrzej mokronowski in 1776. ostrowski became the castellan of czersk in 1777. in the years 1776, 1778, 1782 and 1786 he was a member of the permanent council. in 1788 he founded the metallurgical village of tomaszowe kuÅºnice, which was granted the status of an industry and trade village (osada fabryczno-handlowa) in 1824, desig
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