George William Thomson Omond MA FRHistS (1846–1929) was a Scottish advocate and a prolific writer of history books.
Life
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.
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.
In Edinburgh he lived at 32 Royal Circus in the New Town.
He died on 18 June 1929.
Family
He married Margaret Isabella Alice Wright on 23 July 1878 at Edinburgh, and they had one son and three daughters.
Career
1871 - Called to the Scottish Bar as an advocate
1885 – Appointed Advocate Depute
1886 – Contested West Perthshire constituency in the general election of 1886. He stood as a Liberal Party candidate but was defeated by the standing Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament.
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.
