Edward Miller Mundy (18 October 1750 – 18 October 1822) was an English landowner and Tory politician who was MP for the Derbyshire constituency.
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Early life
Edward Miller Mundy was born on 18 October 1750 in Heanor, Derbyshire. He was the son of Edward Mundy and his wife Hester Mundy (née Miller). His father, who was the Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1730, was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Mundy and his wife Ellen (née Slack). Robert was the son of Gilbert Mundy who was the first of the Mundys of Allestree- a cadet branch of the Mundys of Markeaton.
He was a direct male-line descendant of Sir John Mundy, who had purchased the manors of Markeaton (the principal seat of the Mundy family), Allestree and Mackworth from Lord Audley in 1515, he was later appointed Lord Mayor of London in 1522.
He was educated at Eton College.
Career
He was appointed Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1772 and was later elected as the Tory MP for the Derbyshire constituency in 1783, a seat which he held for thirty-nine years.