Richard Munden (after 25 June 1680 – 19 December 1725) was a British soldier and Member of Parliament.
He was the posthumous son of Sir Richard Munden, a captain in the Royal Navy.
He was commissioned as a captain in the 1st Foot Guards in 1702, and became a colonel in 1706. From 1708 to 1710 he sat in Parliament for Camelford. He was promoted to brigadier-general in 1712, and served as colonel of the 13th Light Dragoons from 1715 to 1722 and of the 8th Dragoons from 1722 to his death.
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- Richard Cannon, Historical Record of the 13th Dragoons, 1842. page 82
- Eveline Cruickshanks, MUNDEN, Richard (c.1680-1725), of Bromley St. Leonard’s, Chelsea, Mdx. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, 2002.
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