Richard Munden (British Army officer)
British Army general
Richard Munden (c. 25 June 1680 – 19 December 1725) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1710. He served in the War of Spanish Succession and in the Jacobite rising of 1715.
Early life
Munden was the posthumous son of Sir Richard Munden of Bromley St Leonard's, a captain in the Royal Navy, and his wife Susanna Gore. He broke with the family's naval tradition and was commissioned as a captain in the 1st Foot Guards in 1702. He served at the Battle of Blenheim in 1704, and after obtaining promotion to colonel in 1706, he fought later that year at the Battle of Ramillies. In 1708, he was given his own regiment.
Career
In the spring of 1708, Munden was ordered with his troops to England and at the 1708 British general election he was returned as Member of Parliament for Camelford. He was absent from Parliament on military service for much of the time and he did not stand at the 1710 British general election.
Munden was taken prisoner at the Battle of Brihuega in December 1710, and remained in Spain until the peace negotiations.
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