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Hector Munro (aft. 1504 - 1547)

Hector Munro
Born after in Foulis, Kiltearn, Ross-shire, Scotlandmap
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Died before age 43 in Pinkie Cleugh, Musselburgh, Lothian, Scotlandmap
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Biography

Hector Munro is a member of Clan Munro.

Hector was born after 1504. He is the son of Hector Munro 13th Baron and 15th Laird of Foulis. As his brother Robert succeeded their father Hector in 1542, Hector must have been the younger of these two brothers.

Sources

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  • Buchan, John. "Montrose: A History" (1928).
  • John Dowden. The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912).
  • George Buchanan. "History of Scotland". Volume 2. Completed in 1579, first published in 1582 in Latin. Republished in 1827 in English by James Aikman.
  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • Robert Monro. "Monro, His Expedition with the Worthy Scots Regiment". London 1637.
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  • James Phinney Munroe. "A Sketch of the Clan Munro and William Munroe, Deported from Scotland, settled in Lexington, Massachusetts".
  • Munro family bibles (assorted held in private hands)
  • 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).
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  • Stewart, John of Ardvorlich. "The Camerons: A History of Clan Cameron". Published by the Clan Cameron Association. Printed by Jamieson & Munro Ltd. Stirling. 1974.
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  • The peerage.com
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Munro,_14th_Baron_of_Foulis


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

The display of coats of arms in relation to Scots is governed by the Law of Scotland and regulated by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. If you follow the link below you can read my guidance on the matter. https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/835548/illegal-images-under-appearing-profiles-scottish-individuals

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