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     Rosamund Mundy was the daughter of General Godfrey Basil Meynell Mundy and Sarah Brydges Rodney.¹ She married Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar, son of Lt.-Col. Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Bt. and Mary Margaret Stoney, on 6 October 1827.¹ She died on 3 January 1883.¹
      Her married name became Morgan. As a result of her marriage, Rosamund Mundy was styled as Baroness Tredegar on 16 April 1859.

     General Godfrey Basil Meynell Mundy married Sarah Brydges Rodney, daughter of Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke and Henrietta Clies, on 26 November 1801.¹ He died on 14 March 1848.¹

     Sarah Brydges Rodney was born circa 1780. She was the daughter of Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke and Henrietta Clies. She married General Godfrey Basil Meynell Mundy on 26 November 1801.¹ She died on 17 July 1871.
      Her married name became Mundy.

     Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke was baptised on 13 February 1718/19 at St. Giles in the Fields, London, England.³ He was the son of Henry Rodney and Mary Newton.⁴ He married, firstly, Jane Compton, daughter of Hon. Charles Compton and Mary Lucy, on 31 January 1753.⁵ He married, secondly, Henrietta Clies, daughter of John Clies, in 1764.⁵ He died on 24 May 1792 at age 73 at Hanover Square, London, England.⁵
     He was also known as 1st Baronet (GB) [U.K. Life Peer].⁶ He later captured four other enemy ships.⁶ He was educated Harrow.⁶ He was County Somerset (GB).⁶ On 13 February 1718 baptised /9 (GEORGE I stood sponsor).⁶ He gained the title of 1st Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke. He was RN: joined , Lieutenant 1739, Commander 1742, present at defeat of French off Finisterre 1747, Governor Newfoundland 1749–50, R-Adml May 1759, commander successful bombardment of Le Havre in 1732.⁶ He was destruction of flotilla prepared there to invade England , Commander-in-Chief Leeward Islands Station 1761–63 (reduced Martinique 1762, captured Grenada, St Lucia and St Vincent), V-Adml 1763 in July 1749.⁶ He was Member of Parliament (M.P.) Saltash (fought Camelford 1754), Okehampton 1759–61, Penryn 1762–68, Northampton 1768–74 and Westminster 1780–82, Governor Greenwich Hosp 1765–70, R-Adml GB 1771, Commander-in-Chief Jamaica Station 1771–74, Admiral the in 1751.⁶ On 22 January 1764 so created.⁶ He was Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) in 1780.⁶ He was defeated Spanish fleet off Cape St Vincent, taking the enemy cdr Admiral Don Juan de Langara prisoner and relieving Gibraltar (recd thanks of Parl) on 16 January 1780.⁶ On 17 April 1780 fought an indecisive battle against the French off Martinique.⁶ In January 1781 captured St Eustatius.⁶ On 12 April 1782 routed French under Count de Grasse (Battle of the Saints), capturing de Grasse, the latter's flagship Ville de Paris of 110 guns, three other ships of 74 guns each and two ships of 64 guns each and sinking another of 74 guns (3,000 French killed.⁶ On 19 June 1782 so created (with £2,000 a year (c £94,000 a year in early–2000s terms) to himself and (from 1793) his successors).⁶ On 20 January 1783 as a result the British got much better terms at the Treaty of Versailles (which ended the War of American Independence) than they would otherwise have done following their disastrous performance in America culminating in the surrender of Cornwall.⁶

     Jane Compton was born on 11 January 1730 at Lisbon, Portugal.² She was the daughter of Hon. Charles Compton and Mary Lucy.¹ She married Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke, son of Henry Rodney and Mary Newton, on 31 January 1753.² She died in January 1757.³
      Her married name became Rodney.

     Edward Hull was born circa 1773.¹ He was the son of William Hull.¹ He died on 3 April 1845.¹

     Henrietta Clies was born circa 1739 at Lisbon, Portugal.¹ She was the daughter of John Clies. She married Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke, son of Henry Rodney and Mary Newton, in 1764.¹ She died in March 1829.¹
      From 1764, her married name became Rodney.

     John Clies lived at Lisbon, Portugal.

     Alfred Tyler was born on 19 November 1830. He was the son of Vice-Admiral Sir George Tyler and Harriet Margaret Sullivan.

     Gwinnett Tyler was born on 25 February 1828. He was the son of Vice-Admiral Sir George Tyler and Harriet Margaret Sullivan.¹ He married Judith Parry in 1852. He died in March 1886 at age 58.
     He gained the rank of officer in the service of the Royal Navy.¹ He lived at Mount Gernos.