A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ommanney, John Colpoys
OMMANNEY. (One of the Junior-Lieutenants. f-p., 8; h-p., 17.)
John Colpoys Ommanney was born 9 Aug. 1809.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in April, 1822; and, after having carried off the French and mathematical prizes, together with the second medal, embarked, in March, 1824, as a Volunteer, on board the Blanche 46, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, fitting for the South American station, whence he returned, as Midshipman, in Oct. 1827. In Jan. and Feb. 1828 he successively joined the Wasp 18, Capt. Dickenson, and Asia 84, Capt. Edw. Curzon – the latter stationed in the Mediterranean, where, in March, 1829, he was lent, as Mate (he had passed in the preceding April), to the Meteor bomb, Capt. David Hope. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 12 Aug. 1829; and was lastly, 18 Aug. 1836, appointed to the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Kenton Sharpe, on the Lisbon station. In April, 1837, he was dismissed by sentence of court-martial, and placed at the bottom of the list.
He married, 7 Sept. 1841, and has issue. Agents – Holmes and Folkard.