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63251	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 148 Mary Seymour Munro, born in London on the 14th of May, 1796. Her education was conducted by the Countess of St. Aubin, a French lady of high rank, and by Dr Gordon, the well-known Principal of the Scotch College at Paris. A great lawsuit to test the legitimacy of her birth and her right of succession to the estates, in which she was ultimately successful, was raised and continued for several years. Naturally enough doubts were entertained in many quarters regarding the legitimacy of Mary Seymour Munro, in view of the facts and circumstances just stated, especially among those whose rights of succession to the estates of Fowlis would be seriously imperilled, should her legitimate birth be established. The Baronetcy, which in the absence of heirs male by Sir Hugh, would go to George Munro of Culrain, now that the male line of Culcairn had become extinct, was not in question, but if the effect of the marriage of her parents, after her birth in England, should be to legitimatise the daughter Mary Seymour Munro, the title and estates would be separated, the Baronetcy going to George Munro of Culrain or his heirs, while the lands of Fowlis, in terms of Sir Harry Munro's entail, would go to Sir Hugh's daughter. This was a serious matter to the Culrains, for if Mary Seymour Munro should marry and leave issue the separation of the title and estates would be complete, leaving the head of the house of Fowlis and Chief of the clan practically landless. It can therefore be readily believed that interested persons were spreading reports to the effect that Mary Seymour Munro was not of legitimate birth, and that the marriage of her father and mother several years after her birth in England could not have the same effect as a similar marriage in like circumstances in Scotland would admittedly have had in legitimatising the birth of children previously born out of wedlock. It therefore became necessary, if Sir Hugh's daughter, born out of wedlock in England, was to succeed him in the Fowlis estates, that steps should be taken to establish her legitimacy, and it was naturally felt by herself and friends that this could be done much easier during the life and with the concurrence and assistance of her father than after his death. For this purpose a summons of declarator and legitimacy in the Court of Session was issued on the 27th of May, 1831, at the instance of the lady herself, Mary Seymour Munro, described as the daughter and only lawful child of Sir Hugh Munro of Fowlis, Baronet, and of the now deceased Dame Jane Law or Munro, his spouse, against the said Sir Hugh Munro her father, George Munro, "late of Culrain, presently residing in London, or elsewhere, furth of Scotland, Charles and John, his sons, also residing in London"; and John, Colin, and the other sons of Charles; and George Frederick, grandson of the said George Munro, late of Culrain, and all those who had a right to succeed the one after the other in terms of Sir Harry's entail. She claims the right to succeed her father Sir Hugh, as next heir of entail and his only lawful child, "notwithstanding, whereof certain persons, interested by themselves or their kindred or connexions in the succession to the said estate, have maliciously and unjustifiably spread reports tending to that effect, injure, or destroy the jus crediti and vested right of succession competent to the pursuer in virtue of the destination and clauses and limitations, prohibitory, irritant, and resolutive contained in the said entail and by falsely and calumniously denying the right and title of the pursurer to said estate, in the character of lawful daughter and only child in life of said Sir Hugh Munro of Fowlis or otherwise," and prays the Court that "it ought and should be found, declared, and descerned by our said Lords, that the deceased Dame Jane Law, the mother of the pursuer, was the lawful wife of the said Sir Hugh Munro, defender; that she cohabited with him as such during several years, residing with her said husband at his hereditary mansion-house of Fowlis, in the county of Ross, in Scotland, where she was fully acknowledged by him and by the whole neighbourhood, and by all their friends and acquaintances and visitors, as holding lawfully the style and title of Lady Munro, and was in all respects, habit and repute, the wife of the defender, the said Sir Hugh Munro, the father of the pursuer, who was reared, brought up, and acknowledged and educated by him and his said wife as their lawful child, and presented as such to all their friends, relations, and connections, and held out in that character to the public at large," and further, it should be declared that she, as the daughter and only lawful child of her father Sir Hugh, failing him, and any heirs male of his body, is entitled to succeed to the estates of Fowlis and others, in virtue of the clause of destination and other clauses in the entail, and that all the defenders, being the other substitutes in the same deed should be prohibited, interdicted, put to silence and forbidden in all time coming, to dispute or deny judicially or extra-judicially her legal right of succession as the only lawful child of her father. Defences were duly lodged, and as a matter of course Sir Hugh, nominally one of the defenders, but the lady's father and the real pursuer himself, "admits the truth of the statements contained in the libel and the inferences deducted from them" and that its conclusions were well founded. He then proceeds with a long narrative, admitting that his daughter was born five years before he married her mother, and detailing many of the facts and circumstances connected with their unmarried and married life in London, but maintaining that he never gave up his Scottish domicile, and that consequently his marriage to the mother after the birth of the daughter, although in England, had the same effect in legalising her birth as if they had resided all the time in Scotland, where that would be the unquestioned result of the Scottish marriage laws. Nor was the slightest doubt cast upon his daughter's legitimacy, he goes on to say, "until 1816, when the next heir of entail, Mr Munro of Culcairn, to the amazement of the defender, ventured to propagate a most malicious report that the pursuer is not the lawful daughter of the defender. The unworthy motives of Culcairn did not permit him to discriminate as to the effect of a legitimation subsequente matrimonio. His calumny had for its object to cast into doubt the paternity of the pursuer, for which most scandalous imputation he never was able to assign the slightest reason; and, in truth, he made no defence of the infamous charge invented by him, when he was regularly challenged for it in a court of law. His conduct occasioned, in the year 1816, the institution of an action against him before the Commissaries of Edinburgh, at the instance of the present pursuer." The conclusion of the summons in that action against Duncan Munro of Culcairn was--inasmuch as the complainer, Mary Seymour Munro, was legitimated by the marriage which took place after her birth between her father and mother, and that she had always been held and reputed to be a lawful child of the said marriage, "therefore it ought and should be found and declared by your decrreet and sentence, that the complainer is the lawful child of the said Sir Hugh Munro, Baronet, and that, as such, she has right to succeed to her said father and her outher relations, in their heritable and moveable subjects,: and that the defender should be found liable in damages for 1000 pounds to the complainer and in the expenses of the action. The proceedings were continued and carried on, more or less actively, for four years, the last notice of this action on the records being an interlocutor, dated the 22nd of December, 1820, in these terms:-- "The Commissaries having considered the memorials and additional memorials for the parties, and resumed consideration of the whole process: In respect the parties are still at variance in regard to several important facts of the case, before further advising, appoint the pursuers"--that is, Sir Hugh and his daughter--"to state, in a special and articulate condescendence, the facts and grounds on which they maintain that the true and proper domicile of Sir Hugh Munro, both at the date of his alleged marriage in England, and subsequently thereto till the dissolution thereof by the death of Lady Munro, was in Scotland. Further, therein to state the precise date of the first acquaintance of Sir Hugh Munro with the deceased Lady Munro, the date of their alleged marriage in England, and also the date of the pursuer, Miss Munro's birth." Duncan Munro of Culcairn died in that year, 1820, and no more is heard of any proceedings until an action is raised against George Munro of Culrain and the other heirs male of entail, eleven years later, on the 27th of May 1831, although Duncan of Culcairn's son survived until 1821. The Lord Ordinary, on the 12th of May, 1835, ordered the Culrain case to be reported to the First Division of the Court. On the 12th of January, 1836, the Division took the necessary preliminary steps "for obtaining the opinions of the Second Division, and of the Permanent Lords Ordinary," on the questions argued and to be further argued in the case; and on the 2nd of July following the First Division pronounced the following interlocutor:-- "The Lords having considered the original cases, and additional revised cases in this cause, direct the same to be laid before the Lords of the Second Division, and Lords Ordinary, in order that they may furnish the First Division with their opinion in writing, whether the pursuer is the legitimate daughter of Sir Hugh Munro of Fowlis." On the 15th of November, 1837, opinions having been returned in terms of the former interlocutor of the First Division, that Court pronounced the following judgment against Mary Seymour Munro's claim to be the legitimate daughter of her father Sir Hugh Munro:-- "The Lords of the First Division having resumed consideration of the pleadings, and whole procedure in the case, and heard counsel, and having also considered the opinions of the consulted judges, in consequence thereof, sustain the defences, assoilzie the defenders from the conclusions of the action, and descern; and find no expenses due to either party." This judgment of the Court of Session was at once appealed to the House of Lords, by whom it was reversed in 1840, on the ground that Sir Hugh Munro, the pursuer's father, never lost his Scottish domicile, and that therefore his marriage to the mother after the birth of the daughter had the same effect, although performed in England, as if celebrated in Scotland, where the after marriage of the parents admittedly legalises the birth of all children previously born out of wedlock. Miss Munro, on her father's death in 1848, intended to have taken up her permanent residence at Fowlis Castle, but before she was able to carry her purpose into effect she was removed by death, having died unmarried on the 12th of January, 1849, in the fifty-third year of her age, at her temporary residence of Perry-Hill, Sydenham, county of Kent, and was interred at Norwood, having only survived her father by eight months. Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Munro, Mary Seymour (I28845)
63252	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 154 Sir Hugh had a natural son, George, to whom his sister Mary Seymour Munro bequeathed the property of Milntown. He, on his death, left it in trust to the Corporation of Perth, who obtained authority from Parliament to sell it to William Matheson, farmer of Newton, parish of Kiltearn, for the sum of 7000 pounds. Mr Matheson a few years ago sold Milntown to Major Jackson of Swordale. It pays a feu duty of 4 pounds 10 shillings 0 pents to Sir Hector Munro of Fowlis, the superior of the lands. George on his death was interred in the same grave as his half-sister, Mary Seymour Munro. Nearly all the family papers, and Sir Harry's valuable manuscripts, were removed by this George to his sister's residence at Perry-Hill, Sydenham, and were there wontonly destroyed. Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Munro, George (I28844)
63253	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 155 1. George Frederick, who died young. Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Munro, George Frederick (I28841)
63254	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 155-157 Sir Charles married, first, while a Captain in the army, on the 20th of June, 1817, Amelia, daughter of Frederick Browne, 14th Light Dragoons, with issue-- Lady Munro died on the 14th of September, 1849, and was interred in Kensal Green Cemetery. Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Browne, Lady Amelia (I6009)
63255	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 156 3. Harry, born on the 20th of August, 1830, married with issue--a son George Hamilton, and died in 1873. Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Munro, George Hamilton (I28824)
63256	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 156 7. Marion Ross, who on the 8th of July, 1846, married Joseph Theodore Trekelle, Ryde, Isle of Wight, with issue-- Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Trekelle, Joseph Theodore (I6056)
63257	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 156 8. Amelia Agnes, who on the 28th of September, 1860, married, at All Soul's Church, St. Mary-le-bone, London, the Rev. Wollaston Goode, M.A., Rector of Holy Trinity, Barnstable, with issue-- Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Goode, Wollaston (I6057)
63258	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 156 Gustavus Francis... married on the 8th of August, 1865, Edith Thomasina, only daughter of the late John William Hampton, without issue, and resides generally in Florence. Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Hampton, Edith Thomasine (I6052)
63259	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 157 On the 14th of January, 1853, Sir Charles married secondly, Harriette, daughter of the late Robert Midgley, Essington, Yorkshire, without issue. Sir Charles died on the 12th of July, 1886, in the 92nd year of his age, at Southport, England, where he had resided for several years previous to his death. He was buried at Southport. Lady Munro survived him for only five days. She died at the same place, on the 17th of July, aged 78 years, and was interred in the same grave as her husband. Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Midgley, Harriette (I6077)
63260	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 157 On the 19th of March, 1847, he married Mary Anne, daughter of John Nicolson, Camberwell, Surrey, with issue-- Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Nicolson, Mary Anne (I6078)
63261	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 157-158 4. Amelia, who, on the 22nd of January, 1889, married Major Alfred Wyllie, Madras Staff Corps, without issue. Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Wyllie, John Alfred (I6082)
63262	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 158 He married on the 7th of April, 1880, Margaret Violet, eldest daughter of John Stirling of Fairburn and 17 Ennismore Gardens, London, with issue-- Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Stirling, Margaret Violet (I6084)
63263	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 16 "4. Elizabeth, who married Neil Mackay, eighth Chief of the Mackays, to whom she bore two sons--Angus, who succeeded his father, and John Roy, from whom descended the "Sliochd-Ean-Roy." From this John Roy the late Captain Robert Mackay of Hedgefield, Inverness, who has several representatives now living, was lineally descended." Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Munro, Elizabeth (I28891)
63264	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 16 "4. Elizabeth, who married Neil Mackay, eighth Chief of the Mackays, to whom she bore two sons--Angus, who succeeded his father, and John Roy, from whom descended the "Sliochd-Ean-Roy." From this John Roy the late Captain Robert Mackay of Hedgefield, Inverness, who has several representatives now living, was lineally descended." Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	MacKay, Neil (I28892)
63265	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 28 "John Married Finvola, daughter of William Calder, Thane of Cawdor, 1442-1468, and Crown-Chamberlain "beyond the Spey," with issue--" Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Calder, Finvola (I12127)
63266	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 33-34 "3. Margaret, who married Alexander Mackenzie, I. of Davochmaluag, with issue--...4, another, who married William Ross, I. of Invercharron, who in 1605 received a remission for "being act and part in the murder in June, 1593, of two savages called Gilliechrist MacCondachie and Alexander, his son." By Miss Mackenzie, William Ross had three sons and one daughter--...(4) Euffom, who married the Rev. Hector Munro, I. of Daan, with issue. Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	MacKenzie (I28894)
63267	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 37 "John married Jean, daughter of Donald Munro, with issue..." Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Munro, Donald (I28895)
63268	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 37-38 "They [Hugh and Christian] had issue, four sons and four daughters--...(5) Margaret, who, in 1739, married Alexander Ross of Aldie, Sheriff-Clerk of Ross, with issue..." Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Ross, Alexander (I28897)
63269	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 39-40 "...Barbara, who married the Rev. John Bethune, D.D., minster of Dornoch from 1778 to 1816--son of the Rev. John Bethune, minister of Glenshiel, and brother to the Rev. Angus Bethune, minister of Alness, with issue--six sons and three daughters...Dr Bethune died on the 8th of October, 1816, his wife surviving him until the 7th of March, 1835." Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Munro, Barbara (I28899)
63270	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 39-40 "...Barbara, who married the Rev. John Bethune, D.D., minster of Dornoch from 1778 to 1816--son of the Rev. John Bethune, minister of Glenshiel, and brother to the Rev. Angus Bethune, minister of Alness, with issue--six sons and three daughters...Dr Bethune died on the 8th of October, 1816, his wife surviving him until the 7th of March, 1835." Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Bethune, John (I28900)
63271	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 39-40 "He [Joseph] married, on the 20th of November, 1746, Barbara, daughter of Dr Walter Ross, minister of Creich from 1714 to 1730, and who, on the 25th of February in the last-named year, was translated to Tongue...By his wife, Barbara Ross, the Rev. Joseph Munro had issue--eight children...The Rev. Joseph Munro died on the 16th of March, 1785, aged 71 years, in the 43rd of his ministry; and Mrs Munro on the 17th of August, 1789, also aged 71 years.	Ross, Barbara (I28898)
63272	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 40 "(3) Annabella Stewart, who married the Rev. George Douglas, successively minister of Kirkwall second charge, and of Tain, to whom she had two sons and six daughters;" Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Munro, Annabella Stewart (I28903)
63273	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 40 "(3) Annabella Stewart, who married the Rev. George Douglas, successively minister of Kirkwall second charge, and of Tain, to whom she had two sons and six daughters;" Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Douglas, George (I28904)
63274	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 40 "(4) Joseph, who became a doctor of medicine and died at Inverness in 1834." Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Munro, Joseph (I28905)
63275	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 42 "5. Elizabeth, who married Thomas Polson of Creich, Sutherland. In the records of 1559 and 1567, (Sutherland Charters; Origines Farochiales Scotiae, vol. ii., p. 687.) the name of Tomas Polson appears, but the superiority of the lands of Creich was purchased by the Munros in 1541." Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Polson, Thomas (I28907)
63276	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 42 "7. Janet, who married Donald Mackintosh of Cowbirnie, with issue." Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Mackintosh, Donald (I28909)
63277	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 42 "By Margaret Dunbar, Robert had issue... 5. Elizabeth, who married Thomas Polson of Creich, Sutherland." Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Munro, Elizabeth (I28906)
63278	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 42 "By Margaret Dunbar, Robert had issue... 7. Janet, who married Donald Mackintosh of Cowbirnie, with issue." Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Munro, Janet (I28908)
63279	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 55 4. Florence, who married, first, Roderick Mor Mackenzie, I. of Redcastle, with issue, and secondly, Alexander Bayne, in Logie-Wester. Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Bayne, Alexander (I28910)
63280	Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 85 4. Catherine...She married, Secondly, about 1652, Norman Denoon, VI. of Cadboll, with issue. References: (1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p. 401 Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Denoon, Norman Of Cadboll (I28825)
63281	Ref: "Journey From Ross-shire" by James Harrison Monroe - p. 11 Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Monroe, James Henry (I19653)
63282	Ref: "Journey From Ross-shire" by James Harrison Monroe - p. 9 Clan Munro files - Johnson, Monroe - Guilford, Dr. Joan S. ("Southern Monroes" manuscript) Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Monroe, Spence (I19650)
63283	Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 1/12-10/2-4 Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Wetherbee, Moses B. (I497)
63284	Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 1/12-16-74	Munroe, Caroline French (I10135)
63285	Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 1/12-35-31 Clan Munro files - Delehanty, James E.	Munroe, Lucretia (I10250)
63286	Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 1/12-35-32 Clan Munro files - Delehanty, James E.	Munroe, Sally (I10251)
63287	Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 1/12-35-34	Munroe, Ruth Prouty (I10253)
63288	Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 1/12-35-35	Munroe, John (I10254)
63289	Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 1/12-36-74	Wheeler, Emeline (I10298)
63290	Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 1/12-37-43	Munroe, Martha (I10307)
63291	Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 1/12-41-31	Gerry, Sophronia (I10322)
63292	Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 1/12-41-32	Gerry, Elbridge (I10323)
63293	Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 1/13-83-4/10	Smith, Emeline Jenette (I10395)
63294	Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 1/13-83-4/11	Smith, Andrew Jackson (I10396)
63295	Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 11-10/12-2	Buckman, Dennis (I7583)
63296	Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 11-10/12-21-1 Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Winn, Henry Alanson (I27430)
63297	Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 11-10/4-14 Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA	Taylor, Porter (I8554)
63298	Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 11-10/5-42-1	Munroe, William H. (I27220)
63299	Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 11-10/5-42-2	Munroe, Elizabeth (I27221)
63300	Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 11-10/5-42-4	Munroe, Caroline F. (I27223)