Andrew Robertson

Notes:

Andrew was provost of Dingwall.

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - W/6

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Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robertson was born est 1728; and died.

Notes:

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - W/6

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Notes:

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - W/6

"Rebecca his daughter married Collin Robertson of Kindeace to whom she bore William George Mr Robert and James."

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Collin married Rebecca Munro. Rebecca (daughter of Sir Robert Munro, XXI of Foulis, 3rd Baronet and Jean Munro) was born est 1652; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - W, W/6

Sir Robert Munro of Fowlis succeeded as the nearest aire male 1651 and married Jean daughter to Coll: Sir Hector Munro by whom he had John Hector David Andrew William Joseph and Daniel and a daughter Rebecca.

Rebecca his daughter married Collin Robertson of Kindeace to whom she bore William George Mr Robert and James.

Rebecca's son William suc to Kindeace (see X/4); George was father of Andrew of Blackwells provost of Dingwall maternal grandfather of W E Gladstone; Robert was min of Loth and then Edderton; James was bred to the sea (Douglas & Robertson Gens. 60-3).

Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 90

8. Rebecca, who married Colin Robertson, III. of Kindeace, Kilmuir-Easter, with issue.

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Notes:

Robert was the second son of Colonel John Munro of Obsdale. Because he did not expect to inherit, he entered the army early in life. In 1626 he became an officer in Sir Donald Mackay's regiment, serving with it first in the Danish service, and afterwards in that of Sweden.

Sir Robert highly distinguished himself on the Continent during the Thirty Years' War. He returned home soon after, if not shortly before, the Peace of Westphalia was proclaimed by the Treaty of Munster, on 24 Oct 1648.

On 26 Aug 1643, during the minority of the former Chief, Robert Munro, Tutor of Foulis, was appointed Commissioner of War for the Sheriffdom of Sutherland and a part of Inverness-shire. He was appointed again on 24 Jul 1644.

Sir Robert served heir to his father, Colonel John Munro of Obsdale, after the death of his elder brother, John. He became tutor-at-law to his second cousin, Hector in 1639 when he, himself, reached 25 years of age. In 1651 when Sir Hector Munro of Foulis died, Sir Robert was the nearest male heir, so he succeeded and became the 21st Baron and 3rd Baronet of Foulis.

Before he succeeded to Foulis, he married his cousin, Jean, eldest daughter and co-heir of Colonel Sir Hector Munro, 1st Baronet.

On succeeding as head of his house and clan he took up his residence in his ancestral home at Foulis. He was the means of getting the famous Rev. Thomas Hogg to Kiltearn, and suffered much from fines and imprisonment for non- conformity to Episcopacy. As long as Mr. Hogg lived, Sir Robert sent him his share of the stipend of Kiltearn annually.

In 1649, the Scottish Parliament divided the Sheriffdom of Inverness-shire and erected the Sheriffdom of Ross. Sir Robert had been elected Member of Parliament for Inverness-shire in 1649 and for his own County of Ross after it was separated from the County of Inverness that same year. He was also appointed the first Sheriff of the County of Ross. He held office for eight years under the Commonwealth.

In 1654 he was imprisoned by the royalists and his lands and tenants suffered under their hands. The lands of Foulis were taken from him and granted to others. He was fined 3600 pounds at the Restoration.

He died 14 Jan 1668 at Foulis Castle and was buried at Kiltearn. (Ref. (2) is in error when it says he died in 1666. Ref. (1) cites a document which proves him to be alive in Sep 1667.)

He was succeeded by his son, Sir John, in 1676 when the lands of Foulis were returned to his possession.

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Robert married Jean Munro. Jean (daughter of Col. Sir Hector Munro, XIX of Foulis, 1st Baronet and Mary MacKay) was born est 1620; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - U & W
Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - U, U/1, W

Collonel Sir Hector Munro succeeded his brother Robert A D 1633 and married Mary daughter to Hugh McKy of Strathnaver by whom he had Hector Jean Margaret and Catherine he dyed at Hamburgh.

Jean married Sir Robert Munro of Fowlis second son to Collonel John Munro of Obsdale and nearest aire male to Sir Hector Munro of Fowlis the estate being Tailzied to aires male.

Sir Robert Munro of Fowlis succeeded as the nearest aire male 1651 and married Jean daughter to Coll: Sir Hector Munro by whom he had John Hector David Andrew William Joseph and Daniel and a daughter Rebecca.

Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 85, 89, 92

2. Jean, who married her cousin, Robert Munro of Obsdale, who ultimately succeeded his brother-in-law as third Baronet and Chief of the clan.

He married, before he succeeded to Fowlis, his cousin Jean, eldest daughter and co-heir of Colonel Sir Hector Munro, first Baronet, with issue--

He [Sir John Munro of Foulis] was present along with his mother, the Dowager-Lady Munro of Fowlis, in her house at Obsdale, near Alness, in September, 1675, when the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was dispensed by Mr John Mackillican, minister of Alness, assisted by the Rev. Hugh Anderson of Cromarty, and Alexander Fraser of Daviot. Sir Roderick Mackenzie of Findon at the instigation of Bishop John Paterson of Ross, sent a party of soldiers to apprehend Mr Mackillican, but before their arrival the communicants had dispersed themselves and concealed the ministers.

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