​OMMANEY, EDWARD LACON (1834–⁠)

Born Aug. 24, 1834 : son of Maj-General Edward Lacon Ommaney, R.E. : educated at Bedford and Owen's College, Manchester : joined the Indian Army, 1855, and the Staff Corps, 1861 : became Colonel, 1885 : served in the Indian mutiny, 1857–8 : at the siege of Delhi : appointed to the Panjab Commission, 1858, in charge of State prisoners : continued in civil employ, on the N. W. Frontier : Commissioner of Multan, the Derajat, and Peshawar Divisions : served as Political Officer, 2nd Black Mountain expedition, 1888 : C.S.I. : retired, 1891.