Francis Ommanney

Sir Francis Molyneux Ommanney, (4 October 1774 – 7 November 1840)[1] was an English politician who represented Barnstaple from 1818 to 1824.[2]

Memorial to Ommanney at St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake

The second son of Rear Admiral Cornthwaite Ommanney,[3] and brother of Admiral Sir John Acworth Ommanney he married Georgiana Frances Hawkes in 1801: they had 9 children, including:

  • Rev. Edward Aislabie Ommanney (1806–1884)
  • Sir Erasmus Ommanney (1814–1904)[4] himself became an Admiral.[5]
  • Colonel Octavius Ommanney (1816–1901)
  • Manaton Collingwood Ommanney (1816–1857)
  • Rev. George Druce Wynne Ommanney (1819–1902)
  • John Orde Ommanney (d. 1846), who married in 1839 Susanna McTaggart (ca. 1812 – 1902), daughter of Sir John McTaggart, 1st Baronet, and left an only daughter Marianne Susanna Ommanney who married in 1866 Sir Mark Stewart, 1st Baronet.[6]
  • Francis Ommanney, who married Julia Henrietta, daughter of Thomas Metcalfe, of Fitzroy Square, and was father of Montagu Ommanney, head of the Colonial Office from 1900 to 1907.[7][8]
  • Frances Georgiana Ommanney, who married Lieut.-Colonel Edward Ommanney Hollist

A grandson,[9] became a Rear Admiral.[10]

  1. ^ 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' The Standard (London, England), Wednesday, November 11, 1840; Issue 5116
  2. ^ Parliament on-line
  3. ^ Three Decks
  4. ^ Death Of Sir Erasmus Ommanney The Times (London, England), Thursday, Dec 22, 1904; pg. 5; Issue 37584
  5. ^ *Ommanney's obituary in the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
  6. ^ "Obituary - Mrs. Ommanney MacTaggart". The Times. No. 36886. London. 30 September 1902. p. 3.
  7. ^ A Study of Metcalfs, Andrews & Smith, Clayton G. Metcalf, 1979, p. 24
  8. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. VII, new series, January to June inclusive, 1837, p. 536
  9. ^ WEb TRees
  10. ^ Rear-Admiral E. D. Ommanney. The Times (London, England), Friday, Nov 27, 1936; pg. 16; Issue 47543