George William Thomson Omond

Who was George William Thomson Omond?

G. W. T. Omond, M.A., FRHistS, was a Scottish advocate and a prolific writer of history books. He was born at Craigentor, near Crieff, Perthshire on 13 September 1846. His father was the Rev. John Reid Omond, Minister of the Free Church of Scotland at the parish of Monzie, Perthshire, and his mother Margaret Jane Thomson. He 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 for his books on that country. He married Margaret Isabella Alice Wright on 23 July 1878 at Edinburgh, and they had one son and three daughters. He died on 18 June 1929.