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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 1727 - 1810 (83 years)
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| Name |
Alexander Munro [1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Prefix |
Sir |
| Suffix |
of Novar |
| Born |
1727 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
26 Aug 1810 |
- Alexander died at Ramsgate.
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| Person ID |
I10629 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
8 Jun 2011 |
| Family 2 |
Margaret Penelope Johnstone, b. Abt 1731, d. 1814 (Age ~ 83 years) |
| Married |
17 Jul 1791 |
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| Children |
| | 1. Hector Alexander Munro, b. 1792, d. 1811 (Age 19 years) |
| + | 2. Isabella Margaret Munro, b. 1794, d. 1873 (Age 79 years) |
| + | 3. Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro, of Novar, b. 13 Feb 1797, London, , Greater London, England  , d. 22 Nov 1864 (Age 67 years) |
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| Last Modified |
20 Nov 2010 |
| Family ID |
F13455 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| 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.
«/i»(R. W. Munro's genealogy notes)«i»
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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
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- [S386] Clan Munro files - Munroe, Charles C., III, Charles C. Munroe, III, Letter from Charles C. Munroe - 5 Aug 2006 (Reliability: 3).
- [S668] RW Munro's Genealogy Database, Robert William Munro, (The collected genealogy notes of RW Munro, Hon. Historian of Clan Munro (Association) edited by Dr. Jean Munro, transcribed by Charles C. Munroe, III and others. Transcription completed Jan 2009. Original card file is kept at the "Storehouse of Foulis" near Foulis Castle in Scotland.), card 59, 142, 358 (Reliability: 3).
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- [S783] Wikipedia, Wikipedia.org, (http://www.wikipedia.org/ : continuously updated), accessed 16 Jan 2011), Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar (Reliability: 3).
- [S791] Clan Munro e-files - Munroe, Charles C., III, Charles C. Munroe, III, Email from Charles C. Munroe, III - 3 Jun 2011 (Reliability: 3).
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