Rodney Mundy

Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rodney Mundy GCB (19 April 1805 – 23 December 1884) was Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

Naval career
Mundy's naval service stated as a cadet at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth in 1818. In 1833 he was given command of HMS Favourite and in 1842 he took over HMS Iris and was deployed to Borneo to conduct operations against pirates: In 1846 he formally secured Labuan for the British Forces.

In 1854 as Captain of HMS Nile he secured Björkö Sound in operations against Russia during the Crimean War. He was made Second-in-Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1860 and protected British interests against the revolutionary forces of Giuseppe Garibaldi. In 1867 he was appointed Commander in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station and in 1872 he became Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. He retired in 1877.

He never married.

Publications

 * Narrative of events in Borneo and Celebes down to the occupation of Labuan, 1848
 * HMS Hannibal at Palermo and Naples during the Italian revolution, with notices of Garibaldi, Francis II, and Victor Emmanuel, 1863