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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 1791 - 1814 (22 years)
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| Name |
Henry Monro |
| Born |
30 Aug 1791 |
London, , Greater London, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
5 Mar 1814 |
| Person ID |
I37675 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
27 May 2001 |
| Father |
Dr. Thomas Monro, b. 1759, London, , Greater London, England , d. 14 May 1833, Bushey, Middlesex, England (Age 74 years) |
| Mother |
Hannah Woodcock, b. Est 1761, d. Yes, date unknown |
| Married |
1788 |
| Family ID |
F12881 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Henry inherited his father's taste for fine arts, and became an artist of considerable fame. He was educated at Harrow and entered the Navy, but quit before he was formally placed on the books of the ship he had joined. For a short time, he had a wish to join the army, but at last decided on art, and in 1806, he was admitted as a student of the Royal Academy.
When a little advanced, he attempted portraiture, chiefly in crayons, and there is a portrait by him of his father in this style preserved at the College of Physicians, of more than ordinary merit. He then began painting in oil, making studies for certain great works which he projected, and occasionally sketching from nature. In 1811, he exhibited at the Academy "A Laughing Boy," "Boys at Marbles," and some portraits of the same class in the following year.
He visited Scotland in 1811, where he met with a severe accident by falling off his horse. The injury was neglected and he suffered very severely for several months. When we was restored to health, he painted "Othello, Iago, and Desdemona" in 1812, exhibited at the Academy in the following year, and at the British Institution, "The Disgrace of Wolsey," for which the directors awarded him a premium of 100 guineas. These were the only pictures of a high-class character painted by him, but he left some clever drawings on grey paper in black and white chald, and some etchings.
In Jan 1814, he was seized with a fatal malady of which he died, unmarried, on 5 Mar, in his 23rd year.
References:
(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
448
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
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