Career
He was the grandson of Alfred Józef Potocki and great-great-grandson of January Potocki. On January 8, 1919 he joined the Polish Army after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Army, was assigned to the General Staff and appointed military attaché in Budapest. Since 1933 in the diplomatic service, he was appointed ambassador to Italy but refused to take the commission in protest against the Four-Power Pact.
From 1933 to 1936 he was ambassador in Ankara and from 1936 to 1940 in Washington.