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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Munro    
First Name(s)  Hector    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1726    
Death Year  1805    
Entry  Born 1726 : son of Hugh Munro : was Ensign in the 48th regt. in 1749 : commanded the 89th regt. out to Bombay in 1761 : suppressed a mutiny of sepoys at Patna in 1764 : won the decisive battle of Baxar, Oct. 23, 1764, defeating the Nawab Wazir of Oudh, Shuja-uddaula, and Mir Kasim : Lt-Colonel, 1765 : M.P. for the Inverness burghs, 1768- 1801 : commanded the Madras Army, 1778: took Pondicherry from the French, 1778 : K.B., 1779 : engaged in the field against Hyder Ali, 1780-1 : commanded a Division in Sir Eyre Coote's victory at Porto Novo, July 1, 1781 : captured Negapatam, Nov. 1781 : returned to England : Maj -General, 1782 : General, 1798 : died at Novar, Dec. 27, 1805.     
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