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Major-General Godfrey Charles Mundy (1804 - 1860) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

Mundy was commissioned as a lieutenant in the British Army in 1821.^[1] He took part in the Siege of Bharatpur in 1825 before being made Deputy Adjutant General of the military forces in Australia in 1826.^[1] He served in the Crimean War as Under-Secretary in the War Office and was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1857.^[1] He was author of the book Our Antipodes.^[2]

In 1848 he married Louisa Katrina Herbert; they had one son.^[1]

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 ==Military career==
-Mundy was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] as a [[lieutenant]] in the [[British Army]] in 1821.<ref name=adb>[http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020233b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography]</ref> He took part in the Siege of [[Bharatpur, India|Bharatpur]] in 1825 before being made Deputy Adjutant General of the military forces in [[Australia]] in 1826.<ref name=adb/> He served in the [[Crimean War]] as Under-Secretary in the [[War Office]] and was appointed [[Lieutenant Governor of Jersey]] in 1857.<ref name=adb/>
+Mundy was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] as a [[lieutenant]] in the [[British Army]] in 1821.<ref name=adb>[http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020233b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography]</ref> He took part in the Siege of [[Bharatpur, India|Bharatpur]] in 1825 before being made Deputy Adjutant General of the military forces in [[Australia]] in 1826.<ref name=adb/> He served in the [[Crimean War]] as Under-Secretary in the [[War Office]] and was appointed [[Lieutenant Governor of Jersey]] in 1857.<ref name=adb/> He was author of the book '''Our Antipodes'''.<ref>[http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=9781740761857 WH Smith]</ref>
 ==Family==