# Alfred Mundy

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**Alfred Miller Mundy** [JP](/source/Justice_of_the_Peace) [DL](/source/Deputy_Lieutenant) (9 January 1809 – 29 March 1877) was an English military officer in colonial New South Wales, who after leaving the army served in the [Legislative Council of South Australia](/source/Legislative_Council_of_South_Australia), from 15 June 1843 to 14 May 1849.

## Early life

Alfred Miller Mundy was born on 9 January 1809 in [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire). He was the third son of Edward Miller Mundy (d. 1834) and his wife Nelly Mundy (née Barton). Edward was the owner of the manor of [Shipley](/source/Shipley_Hall) in [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire), having succeeded his [father](/source/Edward_Miller_Mundy_(1750%E2%80%931822)) and namesake to his estate in 1822. His elder brother was [Edward Miller Mundy](/source/Edward_Miller_Mundy_(1800%E2%80%931849)). His younger half-brother, [Sir Robert Miller Mundy](/source/Robert_Miller_Mundy) (1813–1892), was Lieutenant-Governor of [Grenada](/source/Grenada).

Alfred's paternal grandfather, [Edward Miller Mundy](/source/Edward_Miller_Mundy_(1750%E2%80%931822)), was the first of the Miller Mundys to own the manor of [Shipley](/source/Shipley,_Derbyshire), having inherited it through his mother Hester Mundy (née Miller) on the condition that he take the name Miller. He was also the [Tory](/source/Tories_(British_political_party)) MP for the constituency of [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire).

The Miller Mundys were descended from the Mundys of Allestree, who were a cadet branch of the Mundys of Markeaton. As such, Alfred was a direct male-line descendant of [Sir John Mundy](/source/John_Mundy_(mayor)), who had first purchased the manors of [Markeaton](/source/Markeaton_Hall) (the principal seat of the Mundy family), [Allestree](/source/Allestree) and [Mackworth](/source/Mackworth,_Amber_Valley) from Lord Audley in 1516 and became [Lord Mayor of London](/source/Lord_Mayor_of_London) in 1522.

## Career

Alfred enlisted in the army and was stationed in [Sydney](/source/Sydney) in November 1827 when he was promoted to Second Lieutenant, [94th Regiment of Foot](/source/94th_Regiment_of_Foot), later promoted to Lieutenant, [21st Regiment of Foot](/source/21st_Regiment_of_Foot). He was appointed a Magistrate in Tasmania in March 1835[1] and as Justice of the Peace in 1837.[2] He resigned his commission in 1839, but was later commonly referred to as "Lieutenant Mundy".

On 11 July 1839 Mundy, John Bourke and [Joseph Hawdon](/source/Joseph_Hawdon) set out from [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne) for Adelaide, Mundy and Bourke on a light [tandem](/source/Tandem) and Hawdon on horseback, following the route taken by [Charles Bonney](/source/Charles_Bonney) via [Portland Bay](/source/Portland_Bay) and the [Glenelg River](/source/Glenelg_River_(Victoria)). They arrived in Adelaide exactly a month later, and estimated it could easily be done in half that time.[3]

He joined with Edward Bate Scott and [Edward John Eyre](/source/Edward_John_Eyre), who had a scheme to purchase and transport livestock from [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide) to the [Swan River Colony](/source/Swan_River_Colony) (now [Perth](/source/Perth)), aboard chartered ships as far as [King George's Sound](/source/King_George's_Sound) (then the only deepwater harbor in Western Australia) and then drive them overland to [Perth](/source/Perth). On 30 January 1840 they loaded some stock onto the schooner *Minerva* and a few days later the remainder onto the barque *Cleveland*. Eyre sailed aboard *Minerva* while Mundy was aboard the *Cleveland*. The stock consisted of 1700 sheep, which included over 1000 ewes and 450 lambs, 6 horses and 100 cattle. They achieved good prices in [Perth](/source/Perth), and would have made a tidy profit except many sheep and cattle died on the track in Western Australia, ascribed to their eating poisonous plants.[4] On 3 April 1840 Eyre and Mundy were elected honorary members of the W.A. Agricultural Society.[5] They arrived back in Adelaide aboard Minerva in May 1840.

Mundy was appointed acting Clerk of (the Legislative) Council in June 1840[6] and Private Secretary to the newly appointed [Governor Grey](/source/George_Grey) in May 1841.[7]

He was appointed by the Governor to the Legislative Council on 15 June 1843, originally as a non-official appointee, then as Colonial Secretary from 15 June 1848 to 14 June 1849 when he returned to England on leave of absence.[8] His brother [Edward Miller Mundy](/source/Edward_Miller_Mundy_(1800%E2%80%931849)), who was M.P. for the constituency of [South Derbyshire](/source/South_Derbyshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) had died childless on 29 January 1849 and Alfred resigned on succeeding to the family estate, which included lucrative coal mines. He was [Sheriff of Derbyshire](/source/High_Sheriff_of_Derbyshire) in 1855, and a [Justice of the Peace](/source/Justice_of_the_Peace) and [Deputy Lieutenant](/source/Deputy_Lieutenant) for that county and a Justice of the Peace for [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire).

## Personal life

On 5 June 1841 in [Australia](/source/Australia), Mundy was married to Jane Hindmarsh (1814–1874). Jane was the eldest daughter of [John Hindmarsh](/source/John_Hindmarsh). Together, they had three children:

- Maria Jane Miller Mundy (d. 1902), who married the English diplomat [Sir Edmund Constantine Henry Phipps](/source/Constantine_Phipps_(diplomat)) (the grandson of [Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave](/source/Henry_Phipps,_1st_Earl_of_Mulgrave)).
- Nelly Hindmarsh Miller Mundy (1844–1912), who married Charles John Addington in 1862.
- Alfred Edward Miller Mundy (1849–1920), who married [Ellen Mary Palmer-Morewood](/source/Ellen_Chetwynd-Talbot,_Countess_of_Shrewsbury) of [Alfreton Hall](/source/Alfreton_Hall).[9] They divorced in 1881 when she deserted him for the young [Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury](/source/Charles_Chetwynd-Talbot,_20th_Earl_of_Shrewsbury).[10]

He died on 30 March 1877 while on holiday in [Nice](/source/Nice).

### Descendants

Through his daughter Maria, he was a grandfather of the diplomat [Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps](/source/Eric_Phipps).

## Recognition

- Mundy Creek, which flows into [Lake Eyre South](/source/Lake_Eyre), was named for him by Eyre on 25 August 1840.
- Lake Mundy in [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)) was named for him by Joseph Holloway in September 1839.[3]
- Mundy Terrace in [Robe](/source/Robe,_South_Australia) was named for him.[11]

## References

1. ["Advertising"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84775992). *[Launceston Advertiser](/source/Launceston_Advertiser)*. 26 March 1835. p. 4. Retrieved 26 November 2016. – via Trove.

1. ["Classified Advertising"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4169401). *[The Hobart Town Courier](/source/The_Hobart_Town_Courier)*. 20 October 1837. p. 2. Retrieved 26 November 2016. – via Trove.

1. ["South Australia"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32165803). *[The Sydney Monitor And Commercial Advertiser](/source/The_Sydney_Monitor_And_Commercial_Advertiser)*. 7 October 1839. p. 2. Retrieved 26 November 2016. – via Trove.

1. ["Introduction of Stock by Eyre and Mundy"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article638752). *[The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal](/source/The_Perth_Gazette_and_Western_Australian_Journal)*. 4 April 1840. p. 2. Retrieved 25 November 2016. – via Trove.

1. ["Agricultural Society"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article638748). *[The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal](/source/The_Perth_Gazette_and_Western_Australian_Journal)*. Vol. VIII, no. 375. 11 April 1840. p. 4. Retrieved 26 November 2016. – via Trove.

1. ["Government Gazette"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71619530). *[Southern Australian](/source/Southern_Australian)*. 30 June 1840. p. 2. Retrieved 26 November 2016. – via Trove.

1. ["South Australian Extracts"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226512169). *[Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser](/source/Port_Phillip_Patriot_and_Melbourne_Advertiser)*. 3 June 1841. p. 4. Retrieved 26 November 2016. – via Trove.

1. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

1. ["Extraordinary Outrage on a Derbyshire Magistrate"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11532224). *[The Argus (Melbourne)](/source/The_Argus_(Melbourne))*. 16 February 1882. p. 9. Retrieved 22 November 2016. – via Trove.

1. ["Mundy v. Mundy"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article160152065). *[Adelaide Observer](/source/Adelaide_Observer)*. 17 December 1881. p. 22. Retrieved 22 November 2016. – via Trove.

1. ["Manning Index of South Australian placenames"](http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/m/m12.htm#mundyL). State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

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