ellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington">the
            Duke of Wellington</a>. The two had been friends for many years; Wellington had held an annual banquet
        every 18 June commemorating Waterloo, which Van Omphal had always attended.
    </p>
    <p>Van Omphal was made a knight in the Military William Order, <a href="/wiki/Grand_Cross" title="Grand Cross">Grand
            Cross</a> (1849) and commander (1857) in the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Oak_Crown" title="Order of the Oak Crown">Order
            