Tomasz Adam Ostrowski

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Tomasz Adam Ostrowski
Noble Family	Ostrowski
Coat of Arms	Rawicz
Parents	Piotr Ostrowski Konstancja Stoińska
Consorts	Apolonia Ledóchowska
Children	with Apolonia Ledóchowska Mechtylda Ludwika Teofila Ostrowska Władysław Ostrowski Antoni Jan Ostrowski
Date of Birth	December 21, 1735
Place of Birth	Ostrów
Date of Death	February 5, 1817
Place of Death	Warsaw

Tomasz Adam Ostrowski (1735-1817) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), Count since 1798

Tomasz became Colonel of the Crown Army in 1765, Chamberlain of King Stanislaw August Poniatowski 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 Nieustająca), and an opponent of the Targowica Confederation. He was a member of the "Assembly of Friends of the May 3 Constitution" (May 3 Constitution). He was politically tied to King Stanislaw August Poniatowski, and he also participated in the "Thursday dinners" held by the king.

[edit] Awards

• Knight of the Order of Saint Stanislaus, awarded in 1777
• Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded 1780.