George William Thomson Omond
Scottish writer and historian
George William Thomson Omond
Born (1846-09-13 ) 13 September 1846 Craigentor, Crieff , Perthshire , U.K.Died 18 June 1929(1929-06-18) (aged 82) U.K. Pen name G.W.T. Omond Occupation
Lawyer
advocate
writer
historian
biographer
Nationality Scottish Genre Non-fiction , biography , history , Scottish law Spouse Margaret Isabella Alice Wright Children one son and three daughters
George William Thomson Omond MA FRHistS (1846–1929) was a Scottish advocate and a prolific writer of history books.
Life
Royal Circus, Edinburgh
He was born at Craigentor, near Crieff , Perthshire on 13 September 1846. His father was the Rev. John Reid Omond (1804-1892) from Orkney , minister of the Free Church of Scotland at the parish of Monzie , Perthshire , and his mother Margaret Jane Thomson.[ 1]
George was educated at Edinburgh Academy and the University of Edinburgh where he graduated in 1868 with first class honours in classics and second class in philosophy . He was a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and was created Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Couronne (Belgium) for his books on that country.[ 2]
In Edinburgh he lived at 32 Royal Circus in the New Town .[ 3]
He died on 18 June 1929.[ 4]
Family
He married Margaret Isabella Alice Wright on 23 July 1878 at Edinburgh , and they had one son and three daughters.
Career
Publications
The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1854 to 1876. With notes, and index, and an appendix of relative statutes, etc , Edinburgh, 1877.
The Lord Advocates of Scotland, from the Close of the Fifteenth Century to the Passing of the Reform Bill , Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1883
The Arniston Memoirs: Three Centuries of a Scottish House, 1571-1838, Edited from the family papers, Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1887.
Miserrima , [A novel], London: T. F. Unwin , 1895.
The Story of Maurice Lestrange, Being an Account of His Travels and Adventures in Scotland during the Year 1765 , London: A. & C. Black , 1896.
The Barton House Conspiracy: a tale of 1886 , Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone, [1896.]
Fletcher of Saltoun , Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier , 1897, ("Famous Scots Series" )
The Early History of the Scottish Union Question , Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, 1897.
The Boers in Europe: A Sidelight on History , London: A. & C. Black, 1903.
Bruges and West Flanders , painted by Amédée Forestier , London: A. & C. Black, 1906.
Brabant and East Flanders , painted by Amédée Forestier, London: A. & C. Black, 1907.
Liège and the Ardennes , painted by Amédée Forestier, London: A. & C. Black, [1908].
Belgium , illustrated by Amédée Forestier, London: A. & C. Black, Series: Peeps at Many Lands, 1908.
The Lord Advocates of Scotland. Second series, 1834-1880 , London: Andrew Melrose , 1914.
The Law of the Sea: A Short History of Some Questions Relating to Neutral Merchant Shipping , 1756-1916 , London: A. & C. Black, 1916.
The Wielingen dispute through British eyes , 1920.
'The Scheldt and the Wielingen', in Transactions of the Grotius Society , Vol. 6, Problems of Peace and War, Papers Read before the Society in the Year 1920, pp. 80–88.
Belgium and Luxembourg , [with maps], London: Hodder & Stoughton , 1923, Series: Nations of Today.
Sources
References
^ Ewing, William Annals of the Free Church
^ As stated in his Who was Who entry
^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1880
^ Biography adapted from his Who was Who entry available online.
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