Antoni Jan Ostrowski

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Antoni Jan Ostrowski
Noble Family	Ostrowski
Coat of Arms	Rawicz
Parents	Tomasz Adam Ostrowski Apolonia Ledóchowska
Consorts	1. Józefa Morska 2. Michalina Michałowska
Children	?
Date of Birth	May 27, 1782
Place of Birth	Warsaw
Date of Death	December 4, 1845
Place of Death	Les Maderes, France

Count Antoni Jan Ostrowski (1782-1845) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), landowner, political and economic activist, general and publicist.

He became senator-castellan and member of the Sejm in the Kingdom of Poland (1815-1830). Founder of the city of Tomaszow Mazowiecki. During the November Uprising in 1830-1831, he was appointed general and commander of the National Guards (Gwardia Narodowa) in Warsaw. After the collapse of the Uprising he emigrated to France.

[edit] Works

• Pomysły o potrzebie reformy towarzyskiej... (1834)
• Pamiętnik z czasów powstania listopadowego (1961)