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  • George Mundy
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  • Admiral Sir George Mundy, KCB (1777 – 9 February 1861) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the early nineteenth century, serving principally in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Born in Shipley Hall, Derbyshire, the son of politician Edward Miller Mundy, George Mundy joined the Navy at a young age and served in several of the principal actions of the French Revolutionary Wars. He subsequently held a succession of frigate commands during the Napoleonic Wars and was active in the blockade of the French coast and in assisting Spanish irregular forces during the Peninsular War. After the war Mundy remained in service and in 1830 was captain of the royal yacht Royal George. He was knighted in 1837 and continued to rise through the ranks, eventually becoming a full admira
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serviceyears
  • 1789
Birth Date
  • 1777
Branch
  • 22
death place
  • Grosvenor Street, London
Name
  • Sir George Mundy
Birth Place
  • Shipley Hall, Derbyshire
Title
  • Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge
  • (with Henry Dawkins)
Awards
death date
  • 1861-02-09
Rank
Allegiance
  • United Kingdom
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Years
  • 1820
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abstract
  • Admiral Sir George Mundy, KCB (1777 – 9 February 1861) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the early nineteenth century, serving principally in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Born in Shipley Hall, Derbyshire, the son of politician Edward Miller Mundy, George Mundy joined the Navy at a young age and served in several of the principal actions of the French Revolutionary Wars. He subsequently held a succession of frigate commands during the Napoleonic Wars and was active in the blockade of the French coast and in assisting Spanish irregular forces during the Peninsular War. After the war Mundy remained in service and in 1830 was captain of the royal yacht Royal George. He was knighted in 1837 and continued to rise through the ranks, eventually becoming a full admiral in 1849.
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