MONRO, HECTOR [SSNE 322]

Surname

MONRO, MONROE

First name

HECTOR

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT

Nationality

SCOT

Region

Social status

OFFICER

Education

Religion

Text source

Hector Monro served as a reformed ensign in 1676 in Tropp's dragoons. He became a kornet in the Fyn cavalry regiment in 1676-7. In 1678 he was a lieutenant in the Fyn cavalry life company and the following year he was reduced. In 1682 Monro was again a lieutenant with Fyn cavalry Life company. He went with Schested's regiment in English pay to Ireland in 1689. Departed in 1691.

J.C.W. Hirsch and K. Hirsch (eds.), 'Fortegnelse over Dansk og Norske officerer med flere fra 1648 til 1814 (12 vols. compiled 1888-1907), VII, vol.3; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.93.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, DANISH ARMY

Arrived 1676-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1679-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, IRELAND

Arrived 1689-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1689-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, DANISH ARMY

Arrived 1690-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1691-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY