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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 484

(x) Miniature Awards: The 'Hazara 1888' C.S.I. Group of Three Attributed to Colonel E.L. Ommanney, 59th Bengal Infantry, Who Served as Chief Political Officer During the Second Black Mountain Expedition, October to November 1888
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with a central onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria, with top suspension bar; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Delhi; India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, North West Frontier, Hazara 1888, good very fine, mounted court-style as worn, in a fitted Spink, London, case of issue (3)

C.S.I. London Gazette 25.5.1889 Colonel Edward Lacon Ommanney, Bengal Staff Corps.

Colonel Edward Lacon Ommanney, C.S.I., (1834-1914) born Cherrapoonjee, Assam, India, the son of Major-General E.L. Ommanney, Royal Engineers; educated at Bedford Grammar School and Owens College, Manchester; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 59th Bengal Native Infantry, 1855; served during the Indian Mutiny and present at the siege and capture of Delhi with the Jheend Raja's contingent; appointed to the charge of the ex-King of Delhi and his family, September 1857, and all other State prisoners; appointed Assistant Commissioner in the Punjab Commission, June 1858; took the ex-King of Delhi and his family to Rangoon, December 1858, and transferred to the Pegu Commission; appointed to the Staff Corps, 1861; served on the North-West Frontier as personal assistant to the Commissioners of Peshawar and Derajat; as Assistant Commissioner accompanied the Eusofzie Field Force in Hazara, January 1866; promoted Captain, 1867; as Deputy Commissioner accompanied the first Black Mountain Expedition, October to November 1868; promoted Major, 1875; appointed Commissioner of the Multan, Derajat, and Peshawar Divisions, 1880; promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, 1881; Colonel, 1885; accompanied as Chief Political Officer the second Black Mountain Expedition, October to November 1888, and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India for his services rendered as Chief Political Officer; retired 1891.

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