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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 1733 - 1817 (84 years)
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| Name |
Alexander Monro [1, 2] |
| Prefix |
Dr. |
| Suffix |
of Craiglockart |
| Born |
21 Mar 1733 |
Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
2 Oct 1817 |
| Buried |
Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland |
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| Person ID |
I10553 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
26 Jan 2012 |
| Family |
Katherine Inglis, b. Abt 1735, d. 1803 (Age ~ 68 years) |
| Married |
1762 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Dr. Alexander Monro, of Craiglockhart, b. 5 Nov 1773, Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland , d. 10 Mar 1859, Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland (Age 85 years) |
| + | 2. David Monro Binning, of Softlaw, b. 1775, d. 24 Jan 1842 (Age 67 years) |
| + | 3. Isabella Monro, b. Abt 1777, d. Yes, date unknown |
| + | 4. Charlotte Monro, b. 1782, d. 1882 (Age 100 years) |
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| Last Modified |
18 Aug 2010 |
| Family ID |
F11059 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Dr. Monro succeeded his father as Professor of Anatomy at the University of Edinnnboro, holding the position for forty-four years. He was a founder of the Royal Society there, and worte many medical treatises of standard authority, which were translated into foreign languages, giving him a European reputation. He discovered, or identified a crevice in the brain that is still called the Foramen of Monro. His son, Dr. Alexander Monro, tertius enjoyed refering to "me fayther's hole in the haid."
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The following is a transcription of RW "Billy" Munro's genealogy notes:
[Alexander Monro II] «i»Third & youngest son of Professor Alexander Monro (primus) 1697-1767, was born Edinburgh 10 or 20 May, 1733; as "secundus" admitted conjunct professor of Anatomy with father 1754; MD Edinburgh 1755, took over work of professorship 1758-1759 and discharged it unaided for 40 years. His son Alexander(tertius) becoming colleague in 1798, resigned 1808, bought Craiglockhart 1773 & Cockburn 1783, mentioned in Foulis entail, 1776; died 2 October, 1817, having married 1762 Katherine Inglis with issue Alexander (tertius) & David (1776-1843
Dictionary of National Biography, Inglis pp 89-110; Mackenzie pp 322-328, 144 entail; Murray Annals of Colinton; J. Grego, "Rowlanson the Caricaturist" I 124; RW Innes Smith "English Spaking Students of Medicine at the University of Leyden' (1932), p 162; J P Munroe 38-39; RE Wright St. Clair "Doctors Monro' pp 69-95; Scots Magazine (1762) 507; Gents Magazine 1988 i 493, 1754; A. Wight "Present State of Husbandry in Scotland", III (ii) 452; Highland Society of Scotland, 'Prize Essays of Scotland (2nd edition 1812), I (ii) plxxiii
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The following is a transcription of RW "Billy" Munro's genealogy notes:
[Alexander Monro] «i»Eldest son of Prof. Alexander Monro (1733-1817, Secundus), was born Edinburgh 5 November 1773; M.D. Edinburgh University 1797; conjunct. Prof. of Anatomy with father from 1798, in sole charge (as Tertius) from 1808 until his own retirement in 1846, when the family's 126 years reign ended; a voluminous writer; built mansion-house 1823 at Craiglockhart, where he died 10 March 1859; married (1st) 1800 Maria Agnes Carmichael-Smyth, with issue - Alexander (b. 1803), James (b. 1806), Henry (b. 1810), David (b. 1813, d. 1877), Wm. (b. 1815), Charles (b. 1818) and six daughters; (2nd) 1836) Jessie or Janet Hunter without issue. daughter Catherine (1804-50) married Sir James Stewart of Allanbank, Bart. (d. 1849)
Inglis, pp. 111-9, 126-31. Mackenzie, pp. 328-31. D.N.B. Crombies "Modern Athenians" (1882 edn.), pp. 175-6, portrait opp. p. 175. J.P. Munroe 39. CMA ii 22. E. Swann "Christopher North", 158-9. R.E. Wright St. Clair "Doctors Munro" pp. 96-117. C.J. Smith "History S. Edinburgh" ii 324. St. John's Episc. (Edin.) M1-dr-Catherine. W.F. Skene "Family of Skene" 143 - dr Georgina. F. Boase Modern English Biography" ii 926. Highland Society of Scotland Prize essays (1807) iii 628. «/i»
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Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - L/51
Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
p. 322-324
Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
319
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Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
327-328
The Highlander reference says Alexander was born 22 May 1733.
Ref: "The Highlander" - May/Jun 1997 - p. 26
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
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- [S633] Clan Munro files - Monroe, William L., Jr., William L. Monroe, Jr., The Munros - From the Carolinas - by Bill Monroe - p. 5 (Reliability: 3).
- [S668] RW Munro's Genealogy Database, Robert William Munro, (The collected genealogy notes of RW Munro, Hon. Historian of Clan Munro (Association) edited by Dr. Jean Munro, transcribed by Charles C. Munroe, III and others. Transcription completed Jan 2009. Original card file is kept at the "Storehouse of Foulis" near Foulis Castle in Scotland.), card 61, 72, 349, 391 (Reliability: 3).
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