John (Munro) Munro of Balconie (1540 - 1600)

Born 1540 in Balconie, Kiltearn, Ross-shire, Scotland

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Died 1600 at about age 60 in Cromarty, Cromartyshire, Scotland

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Biography

John (Munro) Munro of Balconie is a member of Clan Munro.

John Munro was born circa 1520.

Sources

• Fraser, C.I of Reeling. "The Clan Munro". Published by Johnston & Bacon of Stirling in 1954, 1969, 1972 and 1987. ISBN 0-7179-4535-9.
• Gordon, Sir Robert. "Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland". Originally written between 1615 and 1630. Republished in 1813.
• Gracie, James. "the Munros". Published by Lang Syne Publishers Ltd, 1997, 2007. ISBN 978-1-85217-080-6.
• Donald Gregory. "History of the Western Highlands and Isles of Scotland from A.D. 1493 to A.D. 1625". Published in 1836.
• Inglis, John Alexander. "The Monros of Auchinbowie and Cognate Families". Edinburgh. Printed privately by T and A Constable. Printers to His Majesty. 1911.
• Cosmo Innes, Campbell Cawdor, John Frederick Vaughan. The Book of the Thanes of Cawdor: A Series of Papers Selected from the Charter Room at Cawdor. 1236-1742.
• John Scott Keltie, F.S.A. Scot. "History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Scottish Regiments". Originally compiled in 1830.
• MacKay. "An Old Scots Brigade". Edinburgh 1885.
• Alexander Mackenzie. "History of the Munros of Fowlis". Published 1898 Edinburgh.
• McHardy, Stuart. "The White Cockade and other Jacobite Tales". ISBN 1-841584-4-1.
• McNie, Alan. "Your Clan Heritage, Clan Munro", Cascade Publishing Company. ISBN 0-907614-07-8.
• Robert Monro. "Monro, His Expedition with the Worthy Scots Regiment". London 1637.
• Monroe, Horace. "Foulis Castle and the Monroes of Lower Iveagh". Published in 1929. London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke.
• James Phinney Munroe. "A Sketch of the Clan Munro and William Munroe, Deported from Scotland, settled in Lexington, Massachusetts".
• Munro, Richard S. "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Massachusetts, Munroes".
• Munro, R.W. "The Munro Tree 1734". Published in 1978, Edinburgh. ISBN 0-9503689-1-1.
• Roberts, John L. "Clan, King and Covenant. The History of the Highland Clans from the Civil War to the Glencoe Massacre". ISBN 0-7486-1393-5
• Rose, D.M. "Lord Seaforth's Campaign, 1715 and the Laird of Fowlis".
• Ross, Alexander. "The Reverend Donald Munro, M.A., High Dean of the Isles". The Celtic Magazine (volume 9, 1884).
• Sage, Rev. Donald. A.M. Minister of Resolis. Edited by his son. "Memorabilia Domestica or Parish Life in the North of Scotland".

Further Information

You can learn more about Clan Munro including its Clan Societies and other useful information by going to the Clan Munro page https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Clan_Munro

Research note by John M Sutherland-Fisher Scottish Clans Protocol Team Leader

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Clan Munro	Crest Badge	Munro of Foulis

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