Montagu Ommanney

Captain Sir Montagu Frederick Ommanney, GCMG KCB ISO (4 April 1842 – 19 August 1925) was a British civil servant and Head of the Colonial Office 1900–1907.

He was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

Ommanney was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1882 Birthday Honours,[5] knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order (KCMG) in the New Year Honours list 1890,[6] was appointed Secretary of the Order in 1900,[7] and was promoted to a Knight Grand Cross (GCMG) of the order in the 1904 Birthday Honours list.

[9] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1901 Birthday Honours list,[10] and invested as such by King Edward VII at St James's Palace on 17 December 1901.

They had several children, including Dorothy Helen Ommanney, who married Douglas Champion Jones, of the Royal Engineers.