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Sir John Acworth Ommanney (17 October 1773 – 8 July 1855) was a

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officer who went on to be

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Naval career

Ommanney joined the

in 1786. Promoted

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in 1796, he was given command of a

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and arrested a fleet of Swedish merchant ships in the

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. Promoted to Post Captain in 1800, he commanded HMS ''Hussar'', HMS ''Robust'' and then HMS ''Barfleur''. In 1825 he took command of HMS ''Albion'' and took part in the

Battle of Navarino The Battle of Navarino was a naval battle fought on 20 October (O. S. 8 October) 1827, during the Greek War of Independence (1821–29), in Navarino Bay (modern Pylos), on the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, in the Ionian Sea. Allied fo ...

in 1827. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Lisbon in 1837 and then Second-in-Command of the

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in 1840 during the Oriental Crisis.Portsmouth
''The Times'', 21 September 1840 p. 6 He was made

in 1851. He died on 8 July 1855.J. K. Laughton, rev. Andrew Lambert, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 200
"Ommanney, Sir John Acworth (1773–1855)"
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Family

In 1803, he married Frances Ayling; they had four daughters.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ommanney, John 1773 births 1855 deaths Royal Navy admirals Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath British military personnel of the Greek War of Independence# People from Westminster Order of Saint Louis recipients Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class Royal Navy personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars

Naval career

Family

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