ordinary at Chatham, where he remained the usual period of three years. We are not acquainted with the exact date of his appointment to the Royal Hospital at Greenwich, but we believe that it took place on the demise of Captain Samuel Arden.
Agents.– Messrs. Maude.
HENRY MANATON OMMANNEY, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1806.]
Third son of the late Rear-Admiral Cornthwaite Ommanney, and brother of Captain John Ackworth Ommanney, R.N.[1]
This gentleman was made a Lieutenant in 1794, and served as such on board the Zealous 74, bearing the flag of the late Admiral Archibald Dickson, in 1796; he was subsequently employed on the Mediterranean station, from whence he returned to England about Feb. 1802. His name appears among those officers who received gold medals from the Turkish government for their services on the coast of Egypt.
In 1802, Mr. Ommanney was promoted to the rank of Commander, and appointed to the Falcon sloop of war. His post commission bears date Jan. 22, 1806; and his last appointment was, about Feb. 1812, to the Vigo 74.
Agent.– Sir Francis Ommanney.
ARCHIBALD DUFF, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1806.]
Embarked as a Midshipman, in June, 1788; served the two first years of his time on board the Champion 24, commanded by Captain (now Admiral) Sampson Edwards, on the Leith station; and the remainder under the late Captain George Duff, in the Martin sloop, Resource frigate. Glory 98, and Duke of the same force; the latter second rate bearing the broad pendant of the Hon. Commodore Murray, during the expedition against Martinique, in June, 1793[2].
- ↑ See Vol. II. Part I. p. 303, et seq.
- ↑ See Vol. I. p. 40*, and there make the following correction: viz. line 6 from the top, for Monmouth, read Monarch, the latter commanded by Sir James Wallace.
