MONRO, HECTOR [SSNE 3120]

Surname

MONRO, MONROE OF FOWLIS

First name

HECTOR

Title/rank

COLONEL, KNIGHT BARONET, MONRO OF FOULIS

Nationality

SCOT

Region

FOULIS, ROSS-SHIRE

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Hector Monro of Foulis served in Danish service from 15/3/1626. He was later appointed ensign in Autumn 1628. He was reformed captain in the regiment of his brother-in-law, Donald Mackay [SSNE 93], in 1629 where he was also quartermaster. Like many of his countrymen, Monro transferred with the regiment to Sweden, and was appointed as a captain. In 1631 he was captain in Robert Monro's [SSNE 94] recruited squadron and made lieutenant colonel in the same unit the following year. In 1633, he succeeded his brother, Robert Monro of Fowlis [SSNE 179], to the burdened estate and chiefship. In spring 1634, he stood in attendance of Charles I in London with fellow military men. For his military service, Charles I granted him, in April 1634, a one-year protection against his creditors, presumably to settle the affairs of the family in Scotland after the death of his brother the chief. In June 1634, he was made a Baronet of Nova Scotia 1634. In late 1634-early 1635, Hector then returned to Germany with colonel Robert Monro. In 1635 he wrote to Johan Skytte jr [SSNE 6280] which implied that Skytte had requested his service in his regiment. Monro promised to travel to Bremen as soon as he was fit. Major John Beaton [SSNE 431] also wrote Skytte that year recommending Monro and he was made a full colonel just before he died in April in Hamburg. Hector was buried in Buxtehude.
 

Sources:
Swedish Riksarkiv, P. Sondén, Militärachefer i svenska arméen och deras skrivelser; Swedish Riksarkiv, Depositio Skytteana, A:5, E5412; R. Monro, His Expedition with a worthy Scots Regiment called Mac-Keyes (London, 1637), I, p. 82; Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1629/14,18; 1631/22; 1632/28; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.126; J. Mackay, 'Mackay's Regiment' in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, VIII, (1879), p.187; The Munro Tree: A Genealogy and Chronology of the Munros of Foulis and Other Families of the Clan, ed. R. W. Munro (Edinburgh, 1978); National Records of Scotland, Register of Precepts for Charters to Baronets of Nova Scotia, 1625-1638, PS5/1, pp. 159-60; Clan Munro Magazine, iv (1953), p. 31; R. Gordon, A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland (Edinburgh, 1813), pp. 402, 450, 473;  Old Ross-shire and Scotland As Seen in the Tain and Balnagown Documents, ed. W. MacGill, 2 vols. (Inverness, 1909-11), I, no. 831.

This record was kindly updated by Dr Thomas Brochard

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, MACKAY'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1626-03-15, as OFFICER

Departed 1628-10-04, as ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, ROBERT MONRO

Arrived 1629-01-01, as REF. CAPTAIN

Departed 1635-12-31, as COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY