Count Stefan Adam Zamoyski (17 February 1904 – 27 October 1976) was a Polish nobleman, landowner and a

magnate The term magnate, from the late Latin ''magnas'', a great man, itself from Latin ''magnus'', "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs to the high office-holders or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or ot ...

Biography

Born into an old and wealthy

Zamoyski family The House of Zamoyski (plural: Zamoyscy) is an important Polish noble (''szlachta'') family belonging to the category of Polish magnates. They used the Jelita coat of arms. The surname "Zamoyski" literally means "of/from Zamość" and refle ...

, Stefan Adam was the eldest son of Count Wladyslaw Zamoyski (1873-1944) and his wife, Marie Mezynska (1878-1956). He had a degree of

Doctor of Law A Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) is a doctoral degree in legal studies. The abbreviation LL.D. stands for ''Legum Doctor'', with the double “L” in the abbreviation referring to the early practice in the University of Cambridge to teach both canon law ...

. He was owner of estates in Wysock. Lt.-Col. Count Stefan Zamoyski served as an aide-de-camp to Polish Prime Minister-in-exile Wladislaw Sikorski in

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

. In December 1940, Lt.-Col. Zamoyski wrote to the head of

RAF Bomber Command RAF Bomber Command controlled the Royal Air Force's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. Along with the United States Army Air Forces, it played the central role in the Strategic bombing during World War II#Europe, strategic bombing of Germany in W ...

, requesting that the German concentration camp

Auschwitz Auschwitz, or Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It consisted of Auschw ...

be bombed to allow the Polish political prisoners imprisoned there at the time to escape. The RAF declined to act. Following World War II, Zamoyski remained in Britain. He worked at the

Jockey Club The Jockey Club is the largest commercial horse racing organisation in the United Kingdom. It owns 15 of Britain's famous racecourses, including Aintree Racecourse, Aintree, Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, Epsom Downs Racecourse, Epsom ...

where he came into contact with Captain Kazimierz Bobinski. Together, they completed Bobinski's work on compiling the "Bobinski-Zamoyski Family Tables of Racehorses", published in 1954. He was awarded the Virtuti Militari Order.

Marriage and issue

On 26 June 1929 in Gołuchów, he married Princess Elżbieta

Czartoryska Czartoryska is the feminine form the Polish surname Czartoryski (see Czartoryski family). Female members of this family have included: * Antonina Czartoryska (1728–1746), Polish magnate, mother of Izabela Czartoryska * Eleonora Czartoryska (1710� ...

(1905-1989), second daughter of Prince Adam Ludwik Czartoryski and his wife, Countess

Maria Ludwika Krasińska Countess Maria Ludwika Krasińska (24 March 1883 - 23 January 1958) was a Polish noblewoman, major heiress, landowner and a significant art collector. Biography Born into an old and influential House of Krasiński, Maria was the only child o ...

. They have three children: * Countess Maria Helena Zamoyska (born on 12 February 1940 in

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

) * Count Zdzisław Klemens Zamoyski (born on 25 September 1943 in

Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...

) * Count Adam Stefan Zamoyski (born 11 January 1949)

References

Stefan Adam Zamoyski 1904 births 1976 deaths Counts of Poland Recipients of the Virtuti Militari {{poland-noble-stub