Colonel Sir Hector Munro (13 September 1848–1935) was a Scottish chief and military officer. He was the 32nd Chief of the Scottish Highland Clan Munro, 29th Baron and 11th Baronet of Foulis.[1]
Sir Hector Munro was born on 13 September 1848 and was educated at the Academy and University of Edinburgh.[1] He received his commission as Captain in the Ross-shire Militia, which became the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders on 31 January 1871.[1] He was subsequently promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel on 25 March 1885.[1] Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, many of the regular battalions of British regiments were sent to South Africa. Military service in other outpost of the British Empire were for several years filled by militia regiments, including the 3rd Seaforth Highlanders, which embarked for service in Egypt in February 1900, under the command of Sir Hector Munro.[2]
Sir Hector Munro was Vice-Convener of the county of Ross and Cromarty, chairman of the Mid Ross District, in which his own estate was situated, for many years of the School Board of his parish and was Deputy Lieutenant and J.P for Ross-shire.[1]
Sir Hector Munro was also an enthusiastic Freemason. He was for several years Master of the Fingal Lodge in Dingwall.[1] In 1890 he became Provincial Grand Master of the Province of Ross and Cromarty.[1]
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