Erasmus Ommanney ( 1814 - 1904 )

Birth: London, England (22 May 1814) Death: St Michael's vicarage, Portsmouth, Hampshire (21 December 1904) Burial: Mortlake Cemetery, Surrey Career: Entered the Royal Navy (1826); Lieutenant (1835); served with Sir James Clark Ross (FRS 1828) in the Arctic (1835); Commander (1840); Captain (1846); second in command of the expedition which found the first traces of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition (1850); blockaded Archangel during the Crimean War (1854); served in the West Indies (1857) and in the Mediterranean (1859); Vice Admiral (1871); Admiral (1877) Honours: CB 1867; Kt 1877; KCB 1902 Memberships: FRAS; FRGS Membership: Fellow Election Date: 4/06/1868.