Józef August Ostrowski of the Korab Coat of Arms (1850–1923) – landowner, citizen, politician

Józef Ostrowski was the son of Aleksander and Helena Ostrowski of Morsztyn, and the last owner of the Maluszyn estate on the Pilica River. After graduating from junior high school in Warsaw, the heir to Maluszyn studied at the Warsaw Main School and then at the Imperial University of Warsaw. At the latter university, he received his Master’s degree by presenting his diploma thesis in the field of jurisprudence. He continued his law studies in Berlin. He also studied agriculture at the Universities of Halle and Hohenheim. After returning to his homeland, he followed the career of his father, Aleksander Ostrowski. He was involved in economic, social, and political activities and held various positions; he was the president of the Land Credit Society in Kalisz (similarly to Aleksander Ostrowski), a member of the Editorial Board of the daily “Słowo” [Word], one of the organizers of the Real Politics Party (later its president),a member of the Russian Council of State, the president of the Polish Fraction, the vice-president of the Union of the Fractions of the Kingdom of Poland, Lithuania and Ruthenia, a member of the Second State Duma, and a member of the Regency Council. His social activity is also worth mentioning. He was a municipal judge, and he participated in the establishment of agricultural societies, landowners’ and rural self-governments. His career path was similar to that of his father.