Godfrey Mundy
Godfrey Mundy | |
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Born | 10 March 1804 |
Died | 10 July 1860 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | British Army |
Years of service | 1821–1860 |
Rank | Major-General |
Battles / wars | Crimean War |
Major-General Godfrey Charles Mundy (10 March 1804 – 10 July 1860) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.
Military career
Mundy was commissioned as a lieutenant in the British Army in 1821.[1] He took part in the Siege of Bharatpur in the Indian princely state of Baharatpur in 1825 before being made Deputy Adjutant General of the military forces in Australia in 1826.[1] He served as Under-Secretary in the War Office during the Crimean War and was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1857.[1] He died in office in 1860.[1] He was author of the book Our Antipodes: or, Residence and Rambles in the Australasian Colonies, with a glimpse of the Gold-Fields.[2]
Family
In 1848 he married Louisa Catherine Georgina Herbert; they had one son.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Mundy, Godfrey Charles (1804–1860)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ Godfrey Charles Mundy (1855). Our Antipodes: or, Residence and rambles in the Australasian colonies, with a glimpse of the gold fields. R. Bentley. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ Bessie Newenham Stuart. The Peerage.com. Retrieved on 2012-07-14.