Robert Leyborne Mundy R.N. (1852 - 1874)

Born 16 Feb 1852 in Warblington, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

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Died 17 Feb 1874 at age 22 in Yancoomassie, Ashanti, Gold Coast, West Africa,

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Biography

St Thomas à Becket

Robert Leyborne Mundy only son of Sir Robert Miller Mundy and his wife, Isabella Leyborne Popham was born in 1852 ^[1][2] on the 16th of February ^[3] and was baptised at St Thomas à Becket in Warblington on the 21st of March. ^[4] He was the only son in a large family of daughters. ^[5]

When Robert was fourteen he joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman ^[6] and was promoted sub-Lieutenant on 2 May 1866. ^[3] He first went to sea aboard HMS Royal Alfred, the flagship of his much older cousin, Admiral Rodney Mundy.^[6] (they were both grandsons of Edward Miller Mundy MP). He saw service aboard Vestal, Agincourt and Seaflower on the North American and West Indian Stations and in October 1873 volunteered for special service aboard Commodore William Hewett's flagship, Active, on the West African Station.^[6]

Active participated in naval operations during the Third Anglo-Ashanti War of 1874 and some of her crew were landed to reinforce the forces ashore. ^[7] Robert was among them. He was shot in the head during the battle of Amoaful fought on 31 January 1874 and lingered until just past his 22nd birthday, dying on the 17th of February. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ England and Wales birth index (Registered Havant 1852 1st qu Robert Leyborne Mundy)
2. ↑ GRO Births Mar Q 1852 Havant 2b 345 MUNDY Robert Leybone [sic] Mother's Maiden Surname: POPHAM
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The National Archive
4. ↑ Baptismal record, Warblington, Hampshire, England (21 Mar 1852 Robert Leybourne Mundy son of Robert Miller Mundy and Isabella Leybourne) Viewed at Ancestry. Text only
5. ↑ 1861 Census of England
   Hollybank, Warblington, Hampshire, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Robert M	Mundy	Head	Married	Male	47	Major, Royal Artillery, half pay	Derbyshire
   Isabella L	Mundy	Wife	Married	Female	42	-	Bath, Somerset
   Marion C	Mundy	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	18	-	Welford, Berkshire
   Isabella E	Mundy	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	16	-	Woolwich, Kent
   Millicent	Mundy	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	14	Scholar	St Martin, Guernsey
   Maria	Mundy	Daughter	-	Female	13	Scholar	Warblington, Hampshire
   Eleanor	Mundy	Daughter	-	Female	11	Scholar	Warblington, Hampshire
   Elizabeth	Mundy	Daughter	-	Female	10	Scholar	Warblington, Hampshire
   Robert	Mundy	Son	-	Male	9	Scholar	Warblington, Hampshire
   Emmeline	Mundy	Daughter	-	Female	7	Scholar	Warblington, Hampshire
   Constance E	Mundy	Daughter	-	Female	2	-	Warblington, Hampshire
   Rose	Mundy	Daughter	-	Female	1	-	Warblington, Hampshire
   Maude	Mundy	Daughter	-	Female	2mo	-	Warblington, Hampshire
   Five	servants	-	-	-	-	-	-

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Press cutting - Graphic 4 April 1874 (please see image 1)
7. ↑ Wikipedia: HMS Active (1869)