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Hector Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm

The Right Honourable
The Lord Monro of Langholm
Kt PC AE
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
In office
14 April 1992 – 6 July 1995
Prime Minister John Major
Preceded by Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde
Succeeded by James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay
In office
28 July 1971 – 4 March 1974
Prime Minister Edward Heath
Minister for Sport
In office
1979–1981
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by Denis Howell
Succeeded by Neil Macfarlane
Member of Parliament
for Dumfries
In office
15 October 1964 – 1 May 1997
Preceded by David Anderson
Succeeded by Russell Brown
Personal details
Born Hector Seymour Peter Monro
(1922-10-04)4 October 1922
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Died 30 August 2006(2006-08-30) (aged 83)
Dumfries, Scotland, UK
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Anne Welch (1949 –1994)
Doris Kaestner (1994 –2006)
Children 2 Sons
Alma mater King's College, Cambridge

Hector Seymour Peter Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm, AE, PC (4 October 1922 – 30 August 2006), was a Conservative & Unionist Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire for 33 years, from 1964 to 1997, and then a life peer in the House of Lords.

After piloting flying boats in the Second World War, Monro became a farmer in his native Dumfriesshire. He became active in local test politics in the 1950s, and was elected as MP for Dumfries in 1964. He served as a Conservative whip and held three junior ministerial positions, twice in the Scottish Office and once as Minister for Sport in the Department for the Environment. He became a member of the House of Lords in 1997, after he stood down from the House of Commons. He was particularly concerned with Scottish and rural issues, the RAF, and sport, and was noted for his strong links with his constituency. He was in office at the time of the Lockerbie Disaster in 1988, which occurred in his constituency.

Monro was born in Edinburgh and raised at Craigcleuch near Langholm in Dumfriesshire. His father, Alistair Monro, was a Captain in the Cameron Highlanders; his maternal grandfather was Lieutenant General Sir Spencer Ewart. Monro was educated at Upland House School in Sussex, Canford School in Dorest, and King's College, Cambridge.


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