Adam Poniński (1732 or 1733 – 23 July 1798 was a Polish nobleman,

Prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...

, one of the leaders of the Radom Confederation of 1767,

Grand Treasurer of the Crown Podskarbi in the Kingdom of Poland and later in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was minister responsible for the treasury. Since 1569 also a senatorial office. The title although meaning treasurer can be deconstructed as "''underingtreasury' ...

(from 1775), member of the

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, he is remembered as the infamous

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(together with

Michał Hieronim Radziwiłł Prince Michał Hieronim Radziwiłł (; 1744–1831) was a Polish nobleman, politician, diplomat and member of the Polish–Lithuanian Radziwiłł family. He was an '' ordynat'' of Kleck, Olyka and Niasvizh, Great Sword-bearer of Lithuania f ...

) of the Partition Sejm (1773–1775). Considered by many contemporaries and historians a

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, serving Russian ambassadors, he was stripped of all titles and exiled by the decree of the

Great Sejm The Great Sejm, also known as the Four-Year Sejm (Polish language, Polish: ''Sejm Wielki'' or ''Sejm Czteroletni''; Lithuanian language, Lithuanian: ''Didysis seimas'' or ''Ketverių metų seimas'') was a Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwea ...

in 1790 but restored soon afterwards by the Confederation of Targowica. His son, Adam Poniński, born in 1758, became a military general.

References

*Jerzy Jan Lerski, Piotr Wróbel, Richard J. Kozicki, ''Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966–1945'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996,
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1730s births 1798 deaths Radom confederates {{Poland-noble-stub