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Isabella Margaret Munro

Isabella Margaret Munro

Female 1794 - 1873  (79 years)

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  • Name Isabella Margaret Munro  [1
    Born 1794  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 1873  [1
    Person ID I39555  Munro
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2009 

    Father Sir Alexander Munro, of Novar,   b. 1727,   d. 26 Aug 1810  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Margaret Penelope Johnstone,   b. Abt 1731,   d. 1814  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Married 17 Jul 1791 
    • Married at Ripon
    Family ID F13455  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hon. Henry Alan Butler Johnstone,   b. Abt 1792,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 14 May 1834  [1
    Children 
     1. Henry Alexander Butler Johnstone,   b. 7 Dec 1837,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Hugh Hector Johnstone,   b. 23 Jan 1841,   d. 12 Mar 1852  (Age 11 years)
     3. Isabella Margaret Alicia Eleanor Johnstone,   b. Abt 1842,   d. 14 Feb 1844  (Age ~ 2 years)
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2009 
    Family ID F13456  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

      [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.
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      References:

      (1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p. 536

      Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [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 (Reliability: 3).