Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet

Sir Robert Munro, Bt
Born1684
Died1746
Falkirk
Buried
AllegianceBritish
Service/branchBritish Army
RankColonel
Unit43rd Highlanders later the 37th Regiment of Foot
Battles/warsSiege of Inverness (1715)
Siege of Brahan
Battle of Fontenoy
Battle of Falkirk Muir
RelationsSir John Munro, 4th Baronet (grandfather)
Sir Robert Munro, 5th Baronet (father)
George Munro, 1st of Culcairn (brother)
Sir Harry Munro, 7th Baronet (son)
Other workMember of Parliament

Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet (24 August 1684 – 17 January 1746) was a Scottish military officer and 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 killed at the Battle of Falkirk Muir in 1746.


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