Alfred Mundy

Alfred Miller Mundy (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, from 15 June 1843 to 14 May 1849. History Alfred Miller Mundy was born on 9 January 1809 in 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 in Derbyshire, having succeeded his father and namesake to his estate in 1822. Alfred's paternal grandfather- Edward Miller Mundy was the first of the Miller Mundys to own the manor of Shipley, having inherited it through his mother Hester Mundy (née Miller) on the condition that he take the name Miller. He was also the Tory MP for the constituency of 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, who had first purchased the manors of Markeaton (the principal seat of the Mundy family), Allestree and Mackworth from Lord Audley in 1516 and became Lord Mayor of London in 1522.