PONIATOWSKI

Prince Josef Michel Xaver Johann (son of Stan is las Poniatowski 1754–1833). b. Rome 20 Feb. 1816; a musician, tenor singer, and composer of operas; naturalised in Tuscany 1848; minister plenipotentiary from Tuscany to Paris 1848–70; naturalised in France 1854–69; lived in London 1870 to death; his opera Gelmina produced at Covent Garden 4 June 1872; among his compositions in England were Claude Duval, a song 1871; The flower girl, a ballad 1872; Gelmina, dramma lirico in tre att i 1872; The stag hunt, song 1873; The lover’s pen, song 1875; Ma in F for four voices and chorus 1876. d. at his residence, London 3 July 1873. bur. Chislehurst 8 July. Larou e’s Grand dictionnaire xii 1391 (1874).