Mikołaj Abramowicz (lawyer)

Mikołaj Abramowicz (* 1788 ; † October 15, 1835 ) was a Polish lawyer and political activist. His brother was the military Ignacy Abramowicz .

Life

He was border judge of the Vilnius powiat and chamberlain of the Russian court.

In 1812 he sided with Napoleon and became an advisor in the Committee for Internal Affairs in the Provisional Government Commission of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (in Polish Komisja Rządu Tymczasowego Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego ). In the same year he offered to set up a hussar regiment at his own expense, which was probably the reason that he was appointed lieutenant colonel (Polish podpułkownik).

In November 1812, at the behest of Hugues-Bernard Maret , he took on the task of advancing from Vilnius to the returning Grande Armée . The first time he tried, he was caught and tortured. On the second attempt, during the Battle of the Beresina on November 27th, he reached Napoleon, to whom he presented Hugues-Bernard Maret's letters, and returned to Vilnius the following day.

In the spring of 1813 he went on a reconnaissance mission in Galicia . In 1813 and 1814 he took part in campaigns by the returning army. For his military services he was awarded the Order of Virtuti Militari third degree and appointed Officier de la Légion d'Honneur .

After returning to Vilnius, he married Emilia Cichocka from the Bachmiński family. From 1820 to 1821 he was a member of Masonic lodges in Vilnius.

During the trials around the Philaretenbund he served Nikolaus Novosilzow , in 1831 Matvej Evgrafowitsch Khrapovitskij and finally the Governor General Yuri Aleksejewitsch Dolgorukow .

Mikołaj Abramowicz died on October 15, 1835. It is not clear whether he committed suicide or was murdered.

literature

• Henryk Mościcki: Abramowicz Mikołaj . In: Polski Słownik Biograficzny . tape 1 . Krakow 1935, p. 15 .