Rodney Mundy

Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rodney Mundy, GCB (19 April 1805 – 23 December 1884) was a Royal Navy officer.

Mundy became Second-in-Command of the Mediterranean Fleet and, in May 1860, in the Expedition of the Thousand, was present in Palermo, Sicily when Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian general and politician, led his volunteers into the city.

[2] Promoted to commander on 25 August 1828, Mundy joined the third-rate HMS Donegal and served as a liaison officer tasked to persuade the Dutch to surrender Antwerp during the Belgian Revolution.

[1] Promoted to rear admiral on 30 July 1857,[6] Mundy became Second-in-Command of the Mediterranean Fleet, with his flag in the second-rate HMS Hannibal in April 1859.

[2] Garibaldi credited Mundy with bringing about the armistice between the warring parties and offered him his heartfelt gratitude "in the name of Palermo, of Sicily, of entire Italy.

[10] He then became Commander in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station, with his flag in the broadside ironclad HMS Royal Alfred, in January 1867.

The second-rate HMS Nile in which Mundy secured Björkö Sound in operations against Russia during the Crimean War
Monument erected by Mundy to the crew of HMS Royal Albert that died at Halifax, Royal Navy Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia)