Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet of Foulis
| Sir Robert Munro, Bt | |
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| Born | 1684 |
| Died | 1746 Falkirk |
| Buried | Falkirk |
| Allegiance | British |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | 43rd Highlanders later the 37th Regiment of Foot |
| Battles/wars |
Siege of Inverness (1715) Siege of Brahan Battle of Fontenoy Battle of Falkirk (1746) |
| Relations |
Sir John Munro, 4th Baronet (grandfather) Sir Robert Munro, 5th Baronet (father) George Munro, 1st of Culcairn (brother) Sir Harry Munro, 7th Baronet (son) |
| Other work | Member of Parliament |
Sir Robert Munro of Foulis, 6th Baronet (24 August 1684 – 17 January 1746) was a soldier-politician whose life followed an 18th-century pattern. He fought in support of the Revolution Settlement and the House of Hanover, and their opposition to all attempts by the Jacobites to restore the House of Stuart either by force of arms or by political intrigue.
He was a child when James VII and II lost his throne and the Protestant succession of James's daughter Mary II and son-in-law William III was secured. He was a young man when the involvement of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, in personal union under Queen Anne, sent many Scots to fight under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, in the War of the Spanish Succession on Continental Europe.
His paternal grandfather Sir John Munro and his father Sir Robert, were successively chiefs of the Clan Munro: his uncle Andrew was a Captain, and several of his relatives served before him in the Royal Scots. It is not surprising, therefore, that the thoughts of young Robert should turn to an army career, and his earliest surviving letter (Oct. 1706) deals with plans for securing a commission, perhaps through the influence of the John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll who was in Scotland for the critical pre-Acts of Union 1707 debates: even service at home was not to be despised, as it "might draw on a greater thing". Anyhow, the commission was soon forthcoming, although its exact date is unknown, and in March 1710, Robert Munro is on record as a Captain in the Royal Scots (then at the Hague, Holland, Dutch Republic), commanded by George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney. He served for seven years in Flanders, it is said "with great reputation", and found himself out of employment when the war ended in 1712, and the Treaty of Utrecht brought 30 years of peace to Continental Europe. He then returned to Scotland.
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