Chevalier Rafał Hugon Maria de Weryha-Wysoczański-PietrusiewiczListed with first name, two middle names, title of nobility and triple barrelled surname in Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch, Adelige Häuser IV, Marburg 2018, vol 8, pp. 492-493, , Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelige Häuser XXX, Limburg a. d. Lahn 2008, vol 145, pp. 412-420, , Listed with title of nobility in Deutsches Adelsblatt, Personelle Besetzung der Organisationen des Adels, No. 2, February 15, 2003, p. 41Magdalene College Magazine, 2006-2007, p. 62List of members, StMTC, Annual Report, 2007-2008, p. 336Hamburger Abendblatt, Stipendium für Cambridge Universität, July 14, 1998, p. 2 (born May 7, 1975) is a Polish art historian, genealogist and writer,Encyklopedia polskiej emigracji i Polonii (Encyclopedia of the Polish Emigration and of the Poles Abroad), Toruń 2005, vol V, p. 235, who was a representative of the auction house Sotheby's.Magdalene College Magazine, 2005-2006, p. 48
Per the "Genealogy of the de Weryha-Wysoczański Family" pedigree he produced for the Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels in 2008,Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, A Chevalier from Poland. The Memoirs of Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, Kibworth Beauchamp 2016, p. 4, , he is the only child of sculptor Jan, 6th Chevalier de Weryha-Wysoczański-Pietrusiewicz, and nephew of Olympic Bronze Medallist and Vice World Champion in fencing Madame Ryszard Weryha-Wysoczańska-Pietrusiewicz and millionaire landowner and philanthropist Basil, 1st Chevalier de Weryha-Wysoczański-Pietrusiewicz.Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch, Adelige Häuser IV, Marburg 2018, vol 8, p. 497, ,
Biography Born in Gdynia, Poland, he was educated at the University of Hamburg and on a national merit-based scholarshipHamburger Abendblatt, Stipendium für Cambridge Universität, July 14, 1998, p. 2 at Magdalene College, Cambridge,Hamburger Abendblatt, Rodeln in St. Moritz, January 25, 2000, p. 10 where he became a member of the Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society.Called in Reflections of a Young Fogey "British academia’s finest collection of correct form adherents"Whilst at Cambridge University he became inter alia also a member of the Wine and Food Society, a student dining society, named by Hugh Johnson in CAM, no 47, Lent Term 2006, p. 45, in reminiscences of the 1950s "a surprisingly serious coterie of moneyed young men" From a long line of womanisers in his family, he became a playboyChevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, A Chevalier from Poland. The Memoirs of Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, Kibworth Beauchamp 2016, p. 41, , . and completed his doctorate – for which he was awarded another merit scholarship – under the supervision of Leibniz laureate Professor Martin Warnke. De Weryha-Wysoczański-Pietrusiewicz is a former Delegate to the European Commission of the Nobility in Paris. Per reviews listed on his own website, reviewers of his book Strategien des Privaten noted that it has a “wise central idea” and that it “gives important food for thought”.Webpage of the book Strategien des Privaten. Zum Landschaftspark von Humphry Repton und Fürst Pückler In 2016 he published a memoir entitled A Chevalier from Poland.A Chevalier from Poland at the De Weryha Collection
Thanks to a generous handicap, he came second in the President's Race 2015 on the Cresta Run, in St. MoritzStMTC Results of the President's Race 2015 having also been a member of the Cambridge University Cresta Team in 1999.
Selected publications A Chevalier from Poland. The Memoirs of Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, Kibworth Beauchamp 2016, . Deutsches Adelsblatt, No. 10, October 15, 2002 (Contributor). Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelige Häuser XXX, vol 145, Limburg an der Lahn 2008 (Contributor), . Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon XVI, vol 137, Limburg an der Lahn 2005 (Contributor), . Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon XVII, Nachträge, vol 144, Limburg an der Lahn 2008 (Contributor), . Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch, Adelige Häuser IV, vol 8, Marburg 2018 (Contributor), . Jan de Weryha: The Monograph, Toruń; Hamburg 2026 (Editor, Contributor, Translator), . Komposition als Kommunikation. Zur Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts. Festschrift Professor Peter Petersen, Frankfurt; Berlin; Bern; Bruxelles; New York; Oxford; Wien 2000 (Contributor), . St. Moritz Tobogganing Club, Annual Report, No. 95, 2014-2015 (Contributor). Strategien des Privaten. Zum Landschaftspark von Humphry Repton und Fürst Pückler, Berlin 2004, .
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