Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro, of Novar

Notes:

Hugh was passionately devoted to the cultivation and encouragement of the fine arts. He spent a good deal of his time painting and he accumulated in London a costly collection of fine paintings by other artists which became well known in the fine art world as the Novar Collection.

Hugh was never married, but he left several illegitimate children. It is said that he lived "a sensuous life."

Ref. (1), p. 537 says his successor inherited portions of Novar in 1864, but p. 538 says he died in 1868.

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[Sir Alexander Munro] «i»Younger son of Hugh Munro (d. 1756) of Novar Family & Isabella Gordon & brother of General Sir Hector Munro; Consul General of Madrid, knighted 17 March, 1783; Commissioner of Custom Duties for England & Wales 15 Nov., 1786; suceeded Sir Hector died 20 December, 1806 Crown Charter of Achnagall; entailed estates 16 March, 1808; died Ramsgate 26 August, 1810, having married (1) cousin Margret Munro (d.1768), with issue Alexander (Capt. died 1778); (2) at Ripon 17 July, 1791 Margaret Penelope Johnstone (d.1814) with issue Hector Alexander (1792-1811), Hugh Andrew Johnstone (succeeded 1797-1864) & Isabel Margaret (m. 1834 Hon. Henry Alan Butler Johnstone) (1794-1873).

Munro Tree L/72; Makenzie 536-7; Dictionary of National Biography under Sir Hector died 1809 (wrong); Scots Magazine(1770) 168; (1783) 167; (1786) 572; (1810) 719; (1814) 958; Gents Magazine (1770) 144; (1783) i275; (1791) 360; 1792) 204;(1794) ii 956; J. Barron N. Highlands in 19th Century i 5-6. 37; Register of Great Seal of Scotland (Manuscript in SRO) C2-137-96, 20 Dec.1806; SRO reference RT 1/53/243-69-1808 entail; E.T. Coleridge 'Life of T. Coutts' i165,167,172,239,296,300;British Library Add Manuscript 378,378 for 78; Burke's Landed Gentry (1858) memo of services; Book of Dignities 276; W.A. Shaw 'Knights of England' (1906) ii 297; F. Townsend 'Calendar of Knights'(1828) 42; Session Cases (1868-9) 251; Fortrose (1912) 153; Tain Royal Acad, MS mins ii 45,48; 1816 appeal 17,26; Novar Pedigree (1784) 1st Wife; Hodson 'Officers of the Bengal Army' iii 352.
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«i»Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar (13 February 1797 - 22 November 1864) was a Scottish art collector.

H.A.J. Munro of Novar was born in London, the nephew of Hector Munro, 8th of Novar, and the son of Sir Alexander Munro (d. 1809). On his father's death in 1809 he became the head of the Munros of Novar and succeeded to the estate of Novar House in Ross-shire. He entered Christ Church, Oxford as a gentleman commoner in 1814 and left three years later with no degree. Munro remained unmarried; among his several illegitimate children was Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro (b. 1819), the classical scholar.

Munro was one of the most important patrons of J. M. W. Turner, as well as being the painter's close friend and (in 1836) traveling companion. He commissioned Turner's paintings Venice from the Porch of Madonna della Salute (1837) and The Lake of Zug (1843), neither of which pleased him. He gave The Lake of Zug to John Ruskin, his rival as a collector of Turner, who records, "Mr. Munro thought the Zug too blue and let me have it." On another occasion, Munro traded Fluelen: Morning Looking Towards the Lake (1845), another watercolor Swiss subject he had commissioned, for Storm in the St. Gotthard Pass: The First Bridge Above Altdorf (1845), which Ruskin had commissioned but disliked. Turner appointed him one of his executors in 1849. Curiously, a very distant kinsman of Munro's, Dr. Thomas Monro , had been one of the earliest supporters of the young Turner and, according to Ruskin, had exercised a significant influence on his art.

Munro also collected works by the Old Masters and by other contemporary British artists such as Richard Parkes Bonington, John Constable, and Sir David Wilkie, amassing a collection of some 2,500 works by the time of his death. Auctions of the collection were held at Christie's between 1860 and 1878.«/i»

(Wikipedia - "Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar" - 16 Jan 2011)
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References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p. 536-538

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Family/Spouse: Penelope Forbes. Penelope was born est 1799; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro, M.A., Ll.D. was born on 29 Oct 1819 in Elgin, , Moray, Scotland; died on 30 Mar 1885 in Rome, Italy.

Notes:

Sir Alexander served as Consul-general at Madrid and later as Commissioner of Customs in England. He displayed such zeal and ability in the latter position that he was knighted.

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[Sir Alexander Munro] «i»Younger son of Hugh Munro (d. 1756) of Novar Family & Isabella Gordon & brother of General Sir Hector Munro; Consul General of Madrid, knighted 17 March, 1783; Commissioner of Custom Duties for England & Wales 15 Nov., 1786; suceeded Sir Hector died 20 December, 1806 Crown Charter of Achnagall; entailed estates 16 March, 1808; died Ramsgate 26 August, 1810, having married (1) cousin Margret Munro (d.1768), with issue Alexander (Capt. died 1778); (2) at Ripon 17 July, 1791 Margaret Penelope Johnstone (d.1814) with issue Hector Alexander (1792-1811), Hugh Andrew Johnstone (succeeded 1797-1864) & Isabel Margaret (m. 1834 Hon. Henry Alan Butler Johnstone) (1794-1873).

Munro Tree L/72; Makenzie 536-7; Dictionary of National Biography under Sir Hector died 1809 (wrong); Scots Magazine(1770) 168; (1783) 167; (1786) 572; (1810) 719; (1814) 958; Gents Magazine (1770) 144; (1783) i275; (1791) 360; 1792) 204;(1794) ii 956; J. Barron N. Highlands in 19th Century i 5-6. 37; Register of Great Seal of Scotland (Manuscript in SRO) C2-137-96, 20 Dec.1806; SRO reference RT 1/53/243-69-1808 entail; E.T. Coleridge 'Life of T. Coutts' i165,167,172,239,296,300;British Library Add Manuscript 378,378 for 78; Burke's Landed Gentry (1858) memo of services; Book of Dignities 276; W.A. Shaw 'Knights of England' (1906) ii 297; F. Townsend 'Calendar of Knights'(1828) 42; Session Cases (1868-9) 251; Fortrose (1912) 153; Tain Royal Acad, MS mins ii 45,48; 1816 appeal 17,26; Novar Pedigree (1784) 1st Wife; Hodson 'Officers of the Bengal Army' iii 352.

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References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - L/72

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p. 514, 536

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Died:
Alexander died at Ramsgate.

Alexander married Margaret Penelope Johnstone on 17 Jul 1791. Margaret was born about 1731; died in 1814. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret was the sister of General Johnstone of Auchen Castle, Dumfries.

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The following is a transcription of RW "Billy" Munro's genealogy notes:

[Sir Alexander Munro] «i»Younger son of Hugh Munro (d. 1756) of Novar Family & Isabella Gordon & brother of General Sir Hector Munro; Consul General of Madrid, knighted 17 March, 1783; Commissioner of Custom Duties for England & Wales 15 Nov., 1786; suceeded Sir Hector died 20 December, 1806 Crown Charter of Achnagall; entailed estates 16 March, 1808; died Ramsgate 26 August, 1810, having married (1) cousin Margret Munro (d.1768), with issue Alexander (Capt. died 1778); (2) at Ripon 17 July, 1791 Margaret Penelope Johnstone (d.1814) with issue Hector Alexander (1792-1811), Hugh Andrew Johnstone (succeeded 1797-1864) & Isabel Margaret (m. 1834 Hon. Henry Alan Butler Johnstone) (1794-1873).

Munro Tree L/72; Makenzie 536-7; Dictionary of National Biography under Sir Hector died 1809 (wrong); Scots Magazine(1770) 168; (1783) 167; (1786) 572; (1810) 719; (1814) 958; Gents Magazine (1770) 144; (1783) i275; (1791) 360; 1792) 204;(1794) ii 956; J. Barron N. Highlands in 19th Century i 5-6. 37; Register of Great Seal of Scotland (Manuscript in SRO) C2-137-96, 20 Dec.1806; SRO reference RT 1/53/243-69-1808 entail; E.T. Coleridge 'Life of T. Coutts' i165,167,172,239,296,300;British Library Add Manuscript 378,378 for 78; Burke's Landed Gentry (1858) memo of services; Book of Dignities 276; W.A. Shaw 'Knights of England' (1906) ii 297; F. Townsend 'Calendar of Knights'(1828) 42; Session Cases (1868-9) 251; Fortrose (1912) 153; Tain Royal Acad, MS mins ii 45,48; 1816 appeal 17,26; Novar Pedigree (1784) 1st Wife; Hodson 'Officers of the Bengal Army' iii 352.
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References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p. 536

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

Notes:

Married:
Married at Ripon

Notes:

Hugh was a merchant in Clayside on the Mains of Dunrobin, near Golspie. He succeeded to Novar at an advanced age.

Ref. (2) says he died about 1760.

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - L/72

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
511, 514-515

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Hugh married Isabel Gordon. Isabel (daughter of Sir Robert Gordon, Of Embo) was born in 1684; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - L/72

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
514

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Notes:

Hector Munro of Novar was a Commissioner of Supply for Ross in 1698 and 1704. He had a crown charter of Achnagall and other lands. He served as factor or chamberlain on the Sutherland estate.

He was an elder in the Parish Church of Alness for many years, and in 1701, he sat as the ruling elder in the Presbytery of Dingwall.

In Dec 1714, Hector was one of the "considerable persons of the shires of Ross and Sutherland" who signed an address to King George I, imploring his Royal mecy for Simon Lord Lovat on his return from France at the instigation of Major James Fraser of Castleleathers.

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - L/71, L/72

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
97, 421, 510

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives.

Hector married Agnes Munro in 1679. Agnes (daughter of Hugh Munro, of Teaninich and Florence Munro) was born about 1654; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Agnes had a precept of sasine in her favor dated 10 Mar 1701, in certain lands granted to her on 15 Feb 1700.

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - L/72, M/14

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
421, 510-511

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives.

Notes:

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives.