Major-General Godfrey Charles Mundy (10 March 1804 – 10 July 1860) was a

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officer who became

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Military career

Mundy was commissioned as a lieutenant in the

in 1821. He took part in the

Siege of Bharatpur Siege of Bharatpur may refer to: * Siege of Bharatpur (1805), Bharatpur–Maratha defensive victory against the British East India Company * Siege of Bharatpur (1825–1826) The siege of Bharatpur was a siege that took place in the Indian pr ...

in the Indian princely state of Baharatpur in 1825 before being made Deputy Adjutant General of the military forces in Australia in 1826. He was appointed Assistant Under Secretary at the

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from March to September 1854. He served as Permanent Under Secretary in the

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during the

Crimean War The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont fro ...

and was appointed

in 1857. He died in office in 1860. He was author of the book ''Our Antipodes: or, Residence and Rambles in the Australasian Colonies, with a glimpse of the Gold-Fields''.

Family

In 1848 he married Lady Louisa Catherine Georgina Herbert; they had one son, Herbert Godfrey Mundy.Bessie Newenham Stuart
The Peerage.com. Retrieved on 2012-07-14.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mundy, Godrey 1804 births 1860 deaths British Army major generals Governors of Jersey British Army personnel of the Crimean War