Colonial Despatches

Mundy was the Permanent Under-Secretary to the Secretary of State for War (Newcastle, 1854-55; Maule, 1855-58) from 1854-1857.1 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.2

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 1846.3 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 1857.4 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, p. 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.