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After a distinguished naval career, Mundy retired from active service in 1816. Subsequently he volunteered to suppress disorder in the manufacturing districts of his county. In 1818 he entered Parliament on the interest of his brother-in-law, the 4th Duke of Newcastle, after a contest. He was expected to support administration and did so in silence. On 2 Mar. 1819 he paired against criminal law reform. He voted with ministers against Tierney’s censure motion and for the foreign enlistment bill, 18 May, 10 June 1819. His patron’s hold was again challenged in 1820, but he secured his seat on petition. He died 9 Feb. 1861.1Marshal, Naval Biog. iii. 333-5; Morning Chron. 4 Mar. 1819.