b. 1804-03-10
d. 1860-07-10
Mundy was the Permanent Under-Secretary to the Secretary of State for War (
Newcastle,
1854-55;
Maule,
1855-58) from
1854-1857. He corresponded with the Colonial Office regarding
Douglas' request to charter the
Otter to protect the colony from Russian aggression, and for a force of five-hundred men
to be stationed in the colony; both were deemed unnecessary.
Mundy followed his father and younger brother into the military; he enlisted in 1821, served as the Aide-De-Camp to Lord Combermer at Bhurtpore in 1826 and as the Deputy Adjutant General in Australia in 1846. He was promoted to Colonel and Under-Secretary in 1854 and held this position until the war department was consolidated with other departments
into the War Office in 1857. The same year, Mundy was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey, which entitled
him the rank of Major-General, and he remained in this role until his death.
Mundy's family achieved notable success in the military; his father, Godfrey Basil
Meynell Mundy, was a General, and his Brother, Rodney Mundy, was an Admiral of the
Fleet and Knight Grand Cross (G.C.B.). Godfrey Charles Mundy was also an author and
illustrator.
- 1. Hart, Maj. H. G., The New Army List, and Militia List. No. LXV. 1st January, 1855. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1855. 290.
- 2. Mundy to Merivale, 28 November 1854, 10301, CO 305/5, 263.
- 3. Macnab, K., Mundy, Godfrey Charles, Australian Dictionary of Bibliography.
- 4. Bagshaw, R., Hansarrd's Parliamentary Debates: Third Series, 19 June, 1857. London: Cornelius Buck, 1857. 1573-4.