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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 Abt 1645 - 1693 (~ 48 years)
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| Name |
Andrew Munro [1] |
| Prefix |
Col. |
| Born |
Abt 1645 |
- 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.
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| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
24 Aug 1693 |
| Person ID |
I12508 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
10 Oct 2011 |
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[Andrew Munro] «i»Fourth son of Sir Robert Munro of Foulis, 3rd Bart. (d.1668) & Jean Munro; Captain, Royal Regiment of Foot, 4 May 1684; Major, 1 or 12 October 1688; LtCol, 9 March 1689; suc. Earl of Angus (killed at battle of Steinkirk) as Colonel of the Cameronians, 1 or 3 August 1692; died from fever 24 or 25 August 1693, after battle of Landen (18 July 1693), having m. Margaret (b. 1666) dr. of 8th Lord Lovat, 'but left no succession'; perhaps father of Andrew & Hugh. Father granted him in 1667 lands of Carbsdell, parish of Kincardine. Mentioned as Captain, 1678/85; served Tangier 1683; at Sedgmoor 1685.
Munro Tree W/5; McCance, card index of Royal Scots ofrs (S.U.S.M. library); Clan Munro Magazine v 42;Mackenzie p. 90; More Culloden Papers (ed. Warrand), vol. i, pp. 230, 232; C. Dalton, English Army Lists & Commission Registers, 1661-1714, vol. i, pp. 318, 319 note; op cit, vol. ii, pp. 22, 23 note 4, 131, 182; op cit, vol. iii, pp. 8, 47, 273, 335; C. Dalton, The Scots Army, 1661-1688 (1909), p. 152 note; Earls of Cromartie (ed. Fraser), vol. i, pp. 95-6; Some Account of the 26th or Cameronian Regiment (1828), p. 6; 3 RPC vol. iii, pp. 260, 333, 348; Andrew Ross, The Cameronians (Glasgow 1919), p. 13; Andrew Ross, Scottish Colours, p. 71; Balfour Panel, Scots Peerage, vol. v, p. 534; Foulis Writs nos. 221, 227, 236; Mackintosh Muniments 468; SHS Miscellany., vol. v, pp. 248, 250-1; Calendar for State Papers (Domestic) (1627-9), p. 311 - '12' Oct '88; Historical MSS Commission, New Series, vol. ii, pp. 219, 221; Edinburgh Testaments, 8 March 1698; Wardlaw MS 455, 515 - wife b.1664/1666; A. Ross in Lowland Scots Regiments (ed. Maxwell), p. 25.
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(R. W. Munro's genealogy notes)
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Colonel Andrew Munro was an officer in the Royal Scots and then a Colonel of the Cameronians. He had the lands of Carbisdale from his father.
He married the daughter of Hugh 8th Lord Lovat, but he left no succession.
He died from fever in 1693 after the battle of Landen.
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - W & W/5
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - W, W/5
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.
Collonel Andrew Munro his 4th son married a daughter of the Lord Lovat but left no succession.
Andrew officer in Royal Scots then colonel of Cameronians, d from fever 24 Aug 1693 after battle of Landen, had lands of Carbisdale from father; wife Margaret dr of Hugh 8th Lord Lovat (SHS Misc v 250-1, FW 236, Edin Tests 8 Mch 1698, Dalton's Army Lists ii 22-3, iii 335 &c, & Scots Army 152n, CMM v 42).
Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 90
4. Andrew, who also entered the army, became a Lieutenant-Colonel in Dumbarton's regiment, and served with distinction in the wars in Flanders during the reign of William III. He married the Hon. Margaret Fraser, third and youngest daughter of Hugh, tenth Lord Lovat, by his wife Anne, second daughter of Sir John Mackenzie of Tarbat, and sister of George first Earl of Cromarty, without issue.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
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- [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 386 (Reliability: 3).
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