Sir Francis Molyneux Ommanney, (4 October 1774 – 7 November 1840) was an English politician who represented

Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...

from 1818 to 1824. The second son of

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Cornthwaite Ommanney, and brother of Admiral Sir John Acworth Ommanney he married Georgiana Frances Hawkes in 1801: they had 9 children, including: *Rev. Edward Aislabie Ommanney (1806–1884) *Sir

Erasmus Ommanney Sir Erasmus Ommanney (22 May 1814 – 21 December 1904) was a Royal Navy officer and an Arctic explorer of the Victorian era. Early life He was born in London in 1814, the seventh son in a family of eight sons and three daughters of Sir F ...

(1814–1904) himself became an

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. *Colonel Octavius Ommanney (1816–1901) *Manaton Collingwood Ommanney (1816–1857) *Rev. George Druce Wynne Ommanney (1819–1902) *John Orde Ommanney (d. 1846), who married in 1839 Susanna McTaggart (ca. 1812 – 1902), daughter of

Sir John McTaggart, 1st Baronet Sir John McTaggart, 1st Baronet (15 March 1789 – 13 August 1867) was a Scottish Whig MP in the United Kingdom parliament. He was created a baronet in 1841. The title became extinct upon his death. He represented Wigtown Burghs 1835–1857. ...

, and left an only daughter Marianne Susanna Ommanney who married in 1866 Sir Mark Stewart, 1st Baronet. *Francis Ommanney, who married Julia Henrietta, daughter of Thomas Metcalfe, of Fitzroy Square, and was father of

Montagu Ommanney Captain Sir Montagu Frederick Ommanney, (4 April 1842 – 19 August 1925) was a British civil servant and Head of the Colonial Office 1900–1907. Biography Ommanney was born in East Sheen, Surrey, in 1842, the son of Francis Ommanney, of York H ...

, head of the

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from 1900 to 1907. *Frances Georgiana Ommanney, who married Lieut.-Colonel Edward Ommanney Hollist A grandson, became a

.''Rear-Admiral E. D. Ommanney.''

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(London, England), Friday, Nov 27, 1936; pg. 16; Issue 47543

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ommanney, Francis Molyneux 1774 births 1840 deaths UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1820–1826 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Barnstaple