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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 1743 - 1806 (62 years)
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| Name |
George Gun-Munro [1, 2] |
| Prefix |
Sir |
| Suffix |
II of Braemore and II of Poyntzfield, 1st Baronet |
| Born |
25 Aug 1743 |
Braemore, , Caithness, Scotland  |
| Christened |
31 Aug 1743 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
2 Jul 1806 |
Poyntzfield, Resolis Par., Ross-Shire, Scotland |
| Person ID |
I4504 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
18 May 2012 |
| Father |
Capt. John Gun-Munro, I, Of Braemore, b. Abt 1715, d. May 1773 (Age ~ 58 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Sutherland, b. 24 Jul 1715, Watten, Caithness, , Scotland , d. 25 Jan 1771 (Age 55 years) |
| Married |
3 Oct 1743 |
Little Tonboll, Scotland |
| Family ID |
F45 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Sir George Munro of Cromarty sent forty pounds annually to the widow of his brother, Henry in Nova Scotia, Canada to help her raise her seven children.
Sir George succeeded his mother in Braemore and his uncle in Poyntzfield.
George sold the estate of Braemore in 1803 to Sir Robert Anstruther, Baronet of Balcaskie. He succeeded his uncle, Sir George Gun Munro, Baronet in the estate of Poyntzfield.
George was described as "from the days of his youth he was distinguished by sweetness of temper and elegance of manners; and the love and friendship which he thus attracted he failed not to maintain and improve by the courtesy of his nature, the soundness of his judgment, and the benevolence of his disposition. Having quitted the college life which he was well qualified to adorn, he engaged in the commerce of the Metropolis, then rendered hazardous by a disastrous war. The ruin of his affairs which ensued served but to animate the generous zeal of affectionate and early friends."
After inheriting Poyntzfield from his uncle, he married and during the remainder of his life he used his fortune "in elegant hospitality, in works of public utility and private munificence, and employed the extended infuence which his character had acquired in adding dignity to the magistracy, in settling and composing differences, in the diffusion of concord and peace. Of his private life guided by the domestic virtues, embellished by wit and glowing with affection, the heart alone can tell whose irreparable loss admits of no comfort, but in the religion which directed his steps, and those prospects of futurity which inspired him with joy when he yielded up his being."
Ref: Clan Munro files - Adams, George
- Delage, Margaret Van Amburg
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [4]
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- [S247] History of the Munros of Fowlis, Alexander Mackenzie, M.J.L., (Published in Inverness, Scotland by A & W Mackenzie (1898)), p. 551 (Reliability: 3).
- [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. 552 (Reliability: 3).
- [S247] History of the Munros of Fowlis, Alexander Mackenzie, M.J.L., (Published in Inverness, Scotland by A & W Mackenzie (1898)), p. 551-553 (Reliability: 3).
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