George Mundy
| Sir George Mundy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1777 Shipley Hall, Derbyshire |
| Died | 9 February 1861 Grosvenor Street, London |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
|
| Years of service | 1789–1849 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Battles/wars |
French Revolutionary Wars • Siege of Toulon • Battle of Cape St Vincent • Battle of the Nile Napoleonic Wars |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
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.
George Mundy was born at Shipley Hall, Derbyshire in 1777, one of the five sons of the prominent MP for Derbyshire, Edward Miller Mundy. In July 1789 he entered the Royal Naval Academy and in 1792 graduated to become a midshipman in the frigate HMS Blanche. Over the next year he moved to HMS Pegasus and then the ship of the line HMS Victory and the frigate HMS Juno. In Juno he was embroiled in the Siege of Toulon at the start of the French Revolutionary Wars, when his ship sailed into Toulon harbour after it had been evacuated by the allies and came under heavy fire from French Republican gun batteries and escaped with significant damage.
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