INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Oldham.
Address: Omlston, Clifton, Bristol; 54, Parliament Street, S.W. Club: Authors' and Clifton.
Ollivant, Sir Edward Charles Layll, K.C.I.E., (1882); C.I.E., (1888); I.C.S., b. 1846; educ: at Marlborough; joined service in Bombay, 1868; Municipal Commissioner, Bombay, 1881-90; Political Agent, Kathiawar, 1890-05; Officiating Commissioner, Sind, 18D5; Officiating Chief Secretary to Govern ment, 1896; Member of Council, Bombay. 1897-1902; retired, 1902, Address: 31, Leinster Gardens, S.W. Club: East India United Service.
Ommanney, Colonel Edward Lacon, C.S.I., (1889); I.C.S., Indian Army (retired); b. Cherrapoonjee, Assam, 1834; e.s. of Major General Edward Lacon Ommanney, R.E.; educ: Bedford Grammar School, Civil Engineering College, Putney; Owens College, Manchester; arrived in India, 1853; served in Opium Department, 1853-55; entered the Army in the 59th Bengal Native Infantry, 1855; transferred to Staff Corps, 1861; m. Elizabeth Capel, e.d. of Henry Mortlock Ommanney, 1863; rose to the rank of Colonel, 1885; admitted to Colonel’s Allowance, 1893; served in the Indian Mutiny (medal and clasp); appointed to the charge of the ex-King of Delhi and family, and other State prisoners,1857; took the ex-King of Delhi and family to Rangoon, 1858; transferred to the Pegu Commission; relinquished charge of the prisoners and joined the Punjab Commission, 1859; Personal Assistant to the Commissioner of Peshwar and Derajat; Commissioner of the Multan, Derajat, and Peshwar Divisions, 1880, returned to England, 1891; accompanied the Eusofzie Field Force as Assistant Commissioner, 1866; as Deputy Commis sioner of Hazara in the St. Black Mountain Expedition 1868 (medal and clasp); accompanied the 2nd Black Mountain Expedition as Chief Political Officer, 1888, Recreations: Cycling. Gardening, Golf. Address: 42, Kidbrook, Park Road, Blackheath, S.E.
Orange, Hugh William, C.I.E., (1906); Accountant-General, Board of Education; s. of Dr. William Orange, C.B.; b. 1866; educ: at Winchester College, New College, Oxford; m. Mabel, g.d. of Mr E. Ford, of the Oxford Gardens, 1907; one s., one d.; Examiner of English, 1892; Director General of Education, India, 1902-10; Member, Imperial Legislative Council, 1910; Accountant-General, Board of Education, 1912. Publication: “Progress of Education in India, 1902-07”. Address: Whitehall, S.W. Club: Athenaeum.
Orchna, Maharaja of; H.H. Saramad I-Majah-I-Bundelkhand-Maharaja Mabindra Swami, Sir Pratap Singh Bahadur, K.C.I.E. (1898), G.C.I.E. (1900), G.C.S.I. (1906); b. 1854; succeeded his brother, Maharaja Hamir Singh Bahadur, 1874; placed in charge of the administration, June 1874; hereditary title of Saramad-i-Rajah-i-Bundelkhan recognised, 1886; attended the Delhi Durbar, 1903 and obtained the Gold Medal; head of the Bundala family of Gharwar Rajputs; inaugurated famine works on an extensive scale costing about
