Matheus Butrymowicz
Illustration — Matheus Butrymowicz Matheus Butrymowicz (1745–1814) was a Polish-Lithuanian statesman and landlord from Pinsk and a liberal member of the Great Sejm or Diet assembled in Warsaw from 1788 to 1792. A descendant of one of the oldest families of Lithuania and Samogitia, he took a special interest in the development of the industry and commerce of Poland and Lithuania, and to this end considered it of the utmost importance to utilize the energy and the abilities of the Jewish inhabitants. Together with Castellan Yezierski and other Liberal members of the "last" Polish Sejm, he endeavored to prove to the Polish representatives how harmful to the welfare of the country was the abnormal position of the Jews, and urged the taking of measures leading toward their emancipation.
Matheus Butrymowicz
1. IS PAN. 2. Федорук А. Т. Старинные усадьбы Берестейщины. Минск, 2006. С. 29. · Public domain
- Born
- 1745 · Pinsk.
- Died
- 1814 · Pinsk.
- Nationality
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Occupation
- cartographer
- Education
- Jesuit College in Pinsk
- Honours
- Order of the White Eagle (Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) · Order of Saint Stanislaus
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Illustration — Matheus Butrymowicz Matheus Butrymowicz (1745–1814) was a Polish-Lithuanian statesman and landlord from Pinsk and a liberal member of the Great Sejm or Diet assembled in Warsaw from 1788 to 1792. A descendant of one of the oldest families of Lithuania and Samogitia, he took a special interest in the development of the industry and commerce of Poland and Lithuania, and to this end considered it of the utmost importance to utilize the energy and the abilities of the Jewish inhabitants. Together with Castellan Yezierski and other Liberal members of the "last" Polish Sejm, he endeavored to prove to the Polish representatives how harmful to the welfare of the country was the abnormal position of the Jews, and urged the taking of measures leading toward their emancipation.
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Born at Pinsk in 1745, died in Pinsk in 1814.
Matheus Butrymowicz studied at Jesuit College in Pinsk. Positions recorded include Deputy to the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Distinctions recorded are Order of the White Eagle (Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) and Order of Saint Stanislaus.
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