Sir Erasmus Ommanney. 335 



During the Russian War, Ommanney in H.M.S. " Eurydice " com- 

 manded a small squadron sent to the White Sea in 1854, when good 

 service was performed, and some more magnetic observations obtained. 



In 1855 he commanded H.M.S. "Hawke" in the Baltic and saw 

 more service. 



In 1857 he was in command of the 80-gun ship "Brunswick" in 

 West Indies, and in subsequent years in the Channel and Mediter- 

 ranean, and was from 1862 to 1864, Senior Naval Officer at Gibraltar. 

 He did not again serve afloat, but became a Kear- Admiral in 1864, 

 Yice-Admiral in 1871 and an Admiral on retired list in 1877. Li 

 1867 he received the C.B. for his Arctic and other services, and in 1868 

 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society as a distinguished Arctic 

 Explorer. He was knighted in 1877, and created a K.C.B. in 1902. 

 He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of 

 Montreal in 1885. 



Sir E. Ommamiey was a Fellow of the Astronomical and Geographical 

 Societies, and was also a constant attendant at the Meetings of the 

 British Association, presiding over Section E in 1877. He was for 

 many years an earnest advocate of the renewal of Antarctic Explora- 

 tion, and at the 1886 Meeting, brought all his influence to bear with 

 the view of inviting public interest in the question. He went as a 

 member of two Eclipse Expeditions, to Spain in 1870 and to Luxor in 

 1874. He served for many years on the Council of the United Service 

 Institution. 



He was twice married, in 1844 to Emily M., daughter of S. Smith, 

 Esq., and in 1862 to Mary, daughter of T. A. Stone, Esq., of Curzon 

 Street, Mayfair, and he leaves descendants. 



Admiral Ommanney was an officer of conspicuous energy and lived 

 to a great age, dying in his 91st year at his son's residence, St. 

 Michael's Vicarage, Portsmouth, on December 21, 1904. 



W. J. L. W. 



