William Mundy (bapt. 14 September 1801 – 20 April 1877) was an English landowner, magistrate, member of parliament for the South Derbyshire constituency and, in 1844, Sheriff of Derbyshire.

Biography

William Mundy was born in 1801 in

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. He was the son of

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, MP for the

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constituency and Sarah Mundy (née Newton, the daughter of John Leaper Newton of Mickleover). His paternal grandfather was the magistrate and poet

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who was the son of the politician

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, MP for the

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constituency. William was the direct male-line descendant and heir of Sir John Mundy, who first bought the manors of Markeaton (the principal seat of the Mundys),

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and Mackworth in 1516 from Lord Audley. To these was added the manor of Osbaston, which the Mundys had inherited through a female ancestor- Philippa Mundy (née Wrightson), who was the daughter and heiress of Michael Wrightson of Osbaston. Though his paternal ancestors had held all of the aforementioned manors, William inherited only Markeaton as all of the other manors had been sold by his paternal grandfather

( Osbaston in 1766 and

in 1781 to Thomas Evans). He was a direct descendant of

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via his Noel ancestors, who could trace their ancestry back to Edward's granddaughter Philippa, Countess of Ulster. As such he was also a direct descendant of the Plantagenet Kings preceding

, as well as

William the Conqueror William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first House of Normandy, Norman List of English monarchs#House of Norman ...

, the

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and of

Alfred the Great Alfred the Great (alt. Ælfred 848/849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who bot ...

. He married Harriett Georgiana Frampton (a member of the landed Frampton family of

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) on 28 October 1830 at St. Nicholas' Church in

. They had one son Francis Noel Mundy, who was born in 1833 in

. He was Sheriff of Derbyshire from 1844 to 1845. He was then member of parliament for the

South Derbyshire South Derbyshire is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. The population of the local authority at the 2011 Census was 94,611. It contains a third of the National Forest, and the council offices are in Swadlincote. The district a ...

constituency with Charles Robert Colevile from 1849 to 1857 and again with

Thomas William Evans Sir (Thomas) William Evans, 1st Baronet (15 April 1821 – 4 October 1892) was an English Liberal politician who represented the constituency of South Derbyshire. Background and education Evans was the son of William Evans of Allestree, Derby, ...

from 1859 to 1865. In 1856 he was the President of Derby Town and County Museum and Natural History Society. The society's collection's grew and in 1856 they were first offered to the town by Mundy, but the offer was rejected.Newsletter of the Geological Curators Club
Vol 1, No. 8, 1976. Retrieved 26 February 2011. He died on 20 April 1877 in

(his death was registered in the Belper district).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mundy, William 1801 births 1877 deaths People from Markeaton Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Derbyshire UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1859–1865 People associated with Derby Museum and Art Gallery High Sheriffs of Derbyshire