Seweryn Franciszek Światopełk-Czetwertyński
Prince Seweryn Franciszek Światopełk-Czetwertyński was a Polish landowner and politician. He belonged to a cadet branch of the Czetwertyński family, historically one of the princely houses of Poland and Lithuania.
As a student in Riga, he studied at the Riga Technical University and was a member of the Polish student fraternity Arkonia.
He went on to become a member of the Russian Duma in 1906 and the Sejm from 1919 until 1935. During World War II, he was a prisoner of Nazi Germany, and was interned at both the Buchenwald and Auschwitz concentration camps.
Married to Zofia Przeździecka, their son Wlodzimierz and elder grandchildren were born in Poland, but during World War II, they fled to Britain, eventually taking up residence in North America.
