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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 Abt 1592 - 1635 (~ 43 years)
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| Name |
Hector Munro [1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Prefix |
Col. Sir |
| Suffix |
XIX of Foulis, 1st Baronet |
| Born |
Abt 1592 [5] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Apr 1635 |
Hamburg, , Hamburg, Germany  [1, 5] |
| Buried |
Buxtehude, , Niedersachsen, Germany [1] |
| Person ID |
I22 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
18 May 2012 |
| Family |
Mary MacKay, b. Abt 1594, d. Yes, date unknown |
| Married |
Jul 1619 |
Tongue, , Sutherland, Scotland |
| Children |
| + | 1. Margaret Munro, b. Est 1613, d. Yes, date unknown |
| + | 2. Jean Munro, b. Est 1620, d. Yes, date unknown |
| + | 3. Catherine Munro, of Foulis, b. Abt 1623, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. Sir Hector Munro, XX of Foulis, 2nd Baronet, b. Aug 1635, d. Dec 1651, Durness, , Sutherland, Scotland (Age ~ 16 years) |
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| Last Modified |
2 Nov 2010 |
| Family ID |
F1583 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Hector was originally trained for the church, but at an early age he decided on a military career. He went with his brother to join the army in Denmark and served as an officer with distinction in Sir Donald Mackay's regiment. Sir Donald was Hector's brother-in-law.
When the services of this famous corps were transferred to the King of Sweden in 1629, Hector accompanied his brother officers and subsequently served in the German campaign under Gustavus Adolphus. There, because of his courage and bravery, he rose to the rank of Colonel and had the command of a regiment.
On the death of his brother the Black Baron, Colonel Hector temporarily returned to Scotland to take possession of the family estates and assume his position as head of his house. While in London, on his journey to the North, he waited upon King Charles I, by whom he was graciously received, and was shortly afterwards in 1634, created a Knight Baronet in the order of Nova Scotia, with a nominal estate of 16,000 acres. The Royal patent, or diploma, conferring the title is dated 7 Jun 1634.
Having arranged his family affairs--all sadly dilapidated by his brother's expensive habits--Sir Hector returned to Germany to resume his military career in the civil war still carried on there. He "took shipping from Cromarty," and safely landed at Hamburg, in April, 1635, but died the same month in that town. He was buried at "Buckstchood [or Buxtehude], in the Old Land," on the River Elbe, in his forty-third year, about the same age as his brother when he died, the lives of both being much shortened by the hardships which they had endured in the various and arduous campaigns in which they served with so much distinction.
Hector was succeeded by his only son, Hector.
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The following is a transcription of RW "Billy" Munro's genealogy notes:
[Alexander Munro] «i»Eldest son of Hugh Munro of Ardulle (d. 1659) & Ellen Clunas; went to German wars (1626) with Col. Sir Hector Munro of Foulis, & killed there; unmarried, predeceasing father [MacKenzie shows him as succeeding, but Munro Tree does not]. (No Alexander Munro mentioned in Col. Robert Mokro, «u»His Expeditions with the Worthy Scots Regiment«/u», but some are given without Christian names.)
Munro tree (M/51) MHM pp. 396, 397; Chron Acc ( p. 29).
«/i»**********
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [1, 2, 3]
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- [S686] The Munro Tree (1734), R. W. Munro, (Privately published in Edinburgh, Scotland (1978)), p. 19 (U) (Reliability: 3).
- [S247] History of the Munros of Fowlis, Alexander Mackenzie, M.J.L., (Published in Inverness, Scotland by A & W Mackenzie (1898)), p. 72, 83-86 (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 133 (Reliability: 0).
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- [S783] Wikipedia, Wikipedia.org, (http://www.wikipedia.org/ : continuously updated), accessed 18 May 2012), Munro Baronets (Reliability: 3).
- [S247] History of the Munros of Fowlis, Alexander Mackenzie, M.J.L., (Published in Inverness, Scotland by A & W Mackenzie (1898)), p. 84 (Reliability: 3).
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