14 Facts About Rodney Mundy

Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rodney Mundy, was a Royal Navy officer.

Rodney Mundy was then deployed to the seas of Finland, where he secured Bjorko Sound in operations against Russia during the Crimean War.

Rodney Mundy went on to be Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station and then Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

Rodney Mundy was appointed as a volunteer to the fifth-rate HMS Phaeton on the North America and West Indies Station in December 1819 and, having been promoted to midshipman, he transferred to the frigate HMS Euryalus in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1822.

Rodney Mundy then transferred to the sixth-rate HMS Challenger in February 1828 off Lisbon before moving to the fifth-rate HMS Pyramus off Lisbon only a few months later.

Rodney Mundy then acted as a mediator during negotiations between the Dutch and the Belgians to end hostilities in May 1833.

Rodney Mundy became commanding officer of the sloop HMS Favourite in the Mediterranean Fleet in August 1833.

Rodney Mundy was then re-deployed with HMS Iris to the East Indies Station and was involved in operations under Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane.

Rodney Mundy was asked to keep the Sultan of Brunei in line until the British Government made a final decision on whether to take the island of Labuan: he took the Sultan's son-in-law, Pengiran Mumin, to witness the island's accession to the British Crown on 24 December 1846.

Rodney Mundy became commanding officer of the second-rate HMS Nile in July 1854 and was deployed, in Spring 1855, to the Baltic Sea and then, in September 1855, to the seas of Finland where he secured Bjorko Sound in operations against Russia during the Crimean War.

Rodney Mundy was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 23 June 1859.

Rodney Mundy went on to be Commander of detached squadron on the Syrian coast in 1861 and, having been advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 10 November 1862, he was promoted to vice-admiral on 15 December 1863.

Rodney Mundy then became Commander in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station, with his flag in the broadside ironclad HMS Royal Alfred, in January 1867.

Rodney Mundy was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 2 June 1877 and, having been promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on 27 December 1877, he died at his home in Chesterfield Street, London on 23 December 1884.