Alexander Munro

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

[Alexander Munro] «i»Son of John Munro, Inverness (stonemason in Sutherland); born Inverness, 26 October 1825, artisitic abilities discovered by the Duchess of Sutherland (wife of second Duke), worked on heraldic mantlepieces in Dunrobin Castle - went to London 1848 and was employed on stone carving for the new House of Parliament; exhibited Royal Academy from 1849 onwards; main work was portrait - sculpture, especially in relief; attacked by lung disease, he went to Cannes, where died 1 January 1871, having married ___ Carruthers (died 1872), with issue, two sons - John Arthur Ruskin (born 1864, died 1944) and Henry Alexander (born 1865).

Transaction Inverness Scientific Society and Field Club vii 128. Inverness Courier 12 January 1781 and next issue. DNB vol. xiii, p. 1202. "Handbook to Highland Railway", (1892 edn.) p. 191. "Who's Who" - son. Inverness Courier "Guide for 1947" to Inverness and p. 38 (mentions portrait of him in town house). Celtic Magazine, vol. iii, p. 323-324 (1878). "New Letters of Robert Browning", ed. W.C. deVane and K.L. Knickerbocker (1951), p. 128. S. Redgrave, "Dictionary of Artists" (1878) p. 303. Illustrated London News (1871), 58, 96 - portrait (check).
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Family/Spouse: Carruthers. was born about 1827; died in 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Arthur Ruskin Munro was born in 1864; died in 1944.
2. Henry Alexander Munro was born in 1865; and died.

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

[Alexander Munro] «i»Son of John Munro, Inverness (stonemason in Sutherland); born Inverness, 26 October 1825, artisitic abilities discovered by the Duchess of Sutherland (wife of second Duke), worked on heraldic mantlepieces in Dunrobin Castle - went to London 1848 and was employed on stone carving for the new House of Parliament; exhibited Royal Academy from 1849 onwards; main work was portrait - sculpture, especially in relief; attacked by lung disease, he went to Cannes, where died 1 January 1871, having married ___ Carruthers (died 1872), with issue, two sons - John Arthur Ruskin (born 1864, died 1944) and Henry Alexander (born 1865).

Transaction Inverness Scientific Society and Field Club vii 128. Inverness Courier 12 January 1781 and next issue. DNB vol. xiii, p. 1202. "Handbook to Highland Railway", (1892 edn.) p. 191. "Who's Who" - son. Inverness Courier "Guide for 1947" to Inverness and p. 38 (mentions portrait of him in town house). Celtic Magazine, vol. iii, p. 323-324 (1878). "New Letters of Robert Browning", ed. W.C. deVane and K.L. Knickerbocker (1951), p. 128. S. Redgrave, "Dictionary of Artists" (1878) p. 303. Illustrated London News (1871), 58, 96 - portrait (check).
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

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