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Alexander Sinclair Munro

Alexander Sinclair Munro

Male 1910 - 1986  (75 years)

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  • Name Alexander Sinclair Munro  [1
    Born 4 Sep 1910  Newton of Novar, , Ross-shire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 9 Jan 1986  Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I60750  Munro
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2010 

    Father Maj. Alexander Rose Munro,   b. 12 Jun 1881, Alness, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Feb 1950  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Louisa Brydon Meiklejohn,   b. Est 1883,   d. 12 Dec 1968  (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Married 1905 
    Family ID F21126  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
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      «i»Eldest son of Major Alexander Rose Munro; b. Newton of Novar, Ross-shire 4 September 1910; educ. Edinburgh Academy (dux 1929) & University College, Oxford; appointed to Indian Civil Service after exam of 1933; arrived India 16 November 1934 & served in U.P. as assistant magistrate & collector; joint magistrate, March 1937; magistrate & collector 1940-44; Regional Food Controller, 1944-46; & Deputy Commissioner, Food & Civil Supplies, 1946-47; retired August 1947 & started farming part of Hilland, September 1947; farmed Selcoth (Moffat) 1950-62; Senior Admin. officer, Faculty of Law, Edinburgh University, 196?-77; Honorary Treasurer, Clan Munro Association, 1966-72; Honorary Auditor 1975-84; Council Member 1966-74; d. Edinburgh, 9 January 1986.

      Pte information; India Off & Burma Off List (1947), p. 284; Annual General Meeting minutes, 7 October 1966, 7 October 1972, 9 August 1975, 9 June 1984; Council minute, 15 April 1972; Clan Munro Magazine x 6;Clan Munro Magazine xii 48; Scotsman 11 January 1986; Ross-shire Journal 25 January 1986 - obit«/i»

      (R. W. Munro's genealogy notes)
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      Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

  • 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 320 - 321, 323 (Reliability: 3).
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