Seweryn Franciszek Światopełk-Czetwertyński

Seweryn Franciszek Światopełk-Czetwertyński
Coat of arms	Pogoń Ruska
Born	18 April 1873 Warsaw
Died	19 June 1945(1945-06-19) (aged 72) Edinburgh
Family	Czetwertyński
Wife	Zofia Barbara Przeździecka h. Pierzchała
Father	Włodzimierz Czetwertyński-Światopełk
Mother	Maria Wanda Felicja Urska h. Sas
Occupation	entrepreneur, landowner and politician

Prince Seweryn Franciszek Światopełk-Czetwertyński (Polish pronunciation: [sɛˈvɛrɨn fraɲˈt͡ɕiʂɛk ɕfjaˈtɔpɛwk t͡ʂɛtfɛrˈtɨj̃skʲi]; b. 18 April 1873 in Warsaw – 19 June 1945 in Edinburgh, Scotland) was a Polish landowner, entrepreneur and politician. He belonged to a cadet branch of the Czetwertyński family, historically one of the princely houses of Poland and Lithuania.

He was a pupil at the Realschule in Riga and was a member of the Polish student fraternity Arkonia. He went on to study at the University of Bonn.

He became a member of the Russian Duma in 1906 and after Poland regained her independence, he was elected to the Sejm from 1919 until 1935. During World War II, he was a prisoner of Nazi Germany, and was imprisoned at both the Buchenwald and Auschwitz concentration camps. He died of exhaustion barely two months after liberation, having newly arrived in the United Kingdom.

Married to Zofia Przeździecka, their son Włodzimierz (1907-1965) and elder grandchildren were born in Poland, but during World War II, they fled to Britain, eventually taking up residence in North America.