iki/Lieutenant_colonel" title="Lieutenant colonel">lieutenant
            colonel</a>, and after promotion to colonel in 1837 he commanded the first regiment of <a href="/wiki/Cuirassier"
            title="Cuirassier">cuirassiers</a>. He was honourably discharged from the army on 1 August 1851 with the
        pension and rank of lieutenant-general. In 1852 the king honoured Van Omphal by assigning him to attend the
        funeral of <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington" title="Arthur W