| Administrative History | The power of mustering the population of each county for purposes of order and defence belonged to the Sheriff or the Justices until the 16th century when the power began to be entrusted to a new officer, the Lord Lieutenant of the county. The Lord Lieutenantcy become a permanent institution by an Act of Parliament of 1662. A further Act of 1757 stipulated the landed qualifications required for deputy lieutenants and officers, and instituted a system of ballots in each parish to provide the militiamen. Supplementary militia battalions were raised under an Act of Parliament in 1796; these bodies were merged with the old militia in 1798.
The 2nd Battalion of the Derbyshire Militia was embodied in 1798 under the command of Lieut Col Francis Mundy, as a Supplementary Militia. It was disbanded in 1800 but in 1803 a new Supplementary Militia was raised under Col Edward Miller Mundy, with Lieut Col Francis Mundy and Major Charles Godfrey Mundy serving as officers. It was disbanded in 1805. |