Konstanty Skirmunt (russian: Константи́н Ге́нрихович Ски́рмунт) (30 August 1866 – 24 July 1949) was a Polish politician. During 1907—1914 he was a member of the

State Council of the Russian Empire The State Council ( rus, Госуда́рственный сове́т, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj sɐˈvʲet) was the supreme state advisory body to the Tsar in Imperial Russia. From 1906, it was the upper house of the parliament under the ...

. He was a member of the Polish National Committee in Paris in 1917–1918, Polish ambassador in Rome in 1919–1921,

Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (''Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych'', MSZ) is the Polish government department tasked with maintaining Poland's international relations and coordinating its participation in international and regional supra-nation ...

in 1921–22, and Polish ambassador in London in 1919–1934.

Decorations

*1923:

Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta ( pl, Order Odrodzenia Polski, en, Order of Restored Poland) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on al ...

of the 1st class ('' Wielka wstęga orderu Odrodzenia Polski'') *1926: Grand Cross of the

Order of the White Lion The Order of the White Lion ( cs, Řád Bílého lva) is the highest order of the Czech Republic. It continues a Czechoslovak order of the same name created in 1922 as an award for foreigners (Czechoslovakia had no civilian decoration for its ...

(Czechoslovakia) *1932: Gold Cross of Merit *1936:

Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, o ...

of the 1st class (Great Britain)

References

1866 births 1949 deaths People from Ivanava District People from Brestsky Uyezd People from the Russian Empire of Polish descent 19th-century Polish nobility Clan of Dąb Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Second Polish Republic Members of the State Council (Russian Empire) Members of the Polish National Committee (1914–1917) Members of the Polish National Committee (1917–1919) Ambassadors of Poland to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of Poland to Italy Grand Crosses of the Order of the White Lion 20th-century Polish nobility {{Poland-politician-stub