Family and Education
b. 1726, 1st s. of Hugh Munro, merchant of Clayside, Sutherland by Isabel Gordon, gd.-da. of Sir Robert Gordon, 2nd Bt., M.P. [S], of Embo, Sutherland. unm. 2s. 1da. suc. fa. c. 1761; acquired possession of the Novar estate from his cos. George bef. 1768; cr. K.B. 23 Mar. 1779.
Offices Held
Ensign Loudoun’s Regt. 1747 – 48, 48 Ft. 1749; lt. 31 Ft. 1754, capt. 1756; maj. 89 Ft. 1759; lt.-col. army on half pay 1765; col. 1777; maj.-gen. (local rank India) 1777; barrackmaster [S] March 1778; maj.-gen. 1782; col. 42 Ft. 1787 – d.; lt.-gen. 1793; gen. 1798.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Novar, Ross.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
MUNRO, Hector (1726-1805)
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Oxford 1644
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