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Kwilecki, Mieczysław hrabia

Polish lord of the manor, member of the Prussian House of Lords and member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation.

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Mieczysław hrabia Kwilecki (1833-1918). Polish lord of the manor and member of the Prussian House of Lords, 1867-71 member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation
Mieczysław hrabia Kwilecki (1833-1918). Polish lord of the manor and member of the Prussian House of Lords, 1867-71 member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation
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Kwilecki, Mieczysław hrabia (Mieczysław Kwilecki, Mieczysław Maria Napoleon Graf Kwilecki, Mieczysław von Kwilecki, Mieczyslaus Graf von Kwilecki, Mieczylaus Maria Napoleon Graf-Comte Kwilcz-Kwilecki), 1866-1918 member of the 1st Chamber of the Prussian Landtag, 1867-71 member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation. *15.8.1833 Ober-Zedlitz/Siedlnica in the district of Fraustadt/Wschowa, † 5.6.1918 Oporowo near Wronke/Wronki, lord of the manor. He was the father of the Member of the Reichstag, Hektor hrabia Kwilecki (Hektor Graf Kwilecki, 1859-1912). After completing his studies at the grammar school in Poznan, from 1851 onwards he completed military training with the cadet corps in Dresden and the military school in Berlin and served as a guard lieutenant in the Prussian artillery regiment until 1855. Subsequently he ran his estate at Oporowo. Because of his participation in the 1863 Polish January Uprising he was temporarily imprisoned in Samter/Szamotuły. After he was set free he went to Paris where he surrendered himself to the Prussian authorities for trial. After three months in prison he was set free for the lack of evidence. In August 1867 he was elected as a member of the Polish parliamentary group of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation for the constituency of Schroda-Schrimm/Środa Wielkopolska-Śrem. In 1873 he was a co-founder of the Poznan Landbank. In 1891 he was awarded the Crown Order second-class from the Reich Chancellor, Leo von Caprivi. In 1895 he was made a Vice Marshal of the Poznan Provincial Landtag. picture: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny.

Further reading:

Hirth's Parlaments-Almanach, Ausg. 5, Berlin 1867, 72; Ausg. 8, Berlin 1869, 177; H. Spenkuch (Bearb.): Protokolle des Prussischen Staatsministeriums, Bd. 8/II, Hildesheim u.a., 2003, 577.

Online:

http://zhsf.gesis.org, Parlamentarierportal, BIORAB Kaiserreich online
http://www.reichstag-abgeordnetendatenbank.de/
Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
http://www.sejm-wielki.pl


Axel Feuß, September 2016

Mieczysław hrabia Kwilecki (1833-1918). Polish lord of the manor and member of the Prussian House of Lords, 1867-71 member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation
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Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny

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