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| Date transcribed | 2011-08-00 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | Note 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) | Thomas | | | Titles, Honours, etc. | Sir, Baronet | | | Birth Year | 1761 | | | Death Year | 1827 | | | Entry | Maj -General and Governor : son of Alexander Munro, of Glasgow : born May 27, 1761 : educated at Glasgow : entered the mercantile profession, but left it and joined the E. I. Co.'s Madras Army in 1780 : was in the Mysore war of 1780-3 under Sir Hector Munro and Sir Eyre Coote : in 1788 in the Intelligence Department : in the actions under Lord Cornwallis : after 1792 served in the Baramahal under Capt. Read in the civil line : rejoined the Army in 1799, and after Seringapatam was appointed, with Capt. Malcolm, Joint Secretary to the Commissioners for the Settlement of Mysore : he next administered Canara on the Malabar coast and suppressed disorder : from 1800 to 1807 he ruled the ceded districts S. of the Tungabhadra, and elaborated the ryotwar system of land tenure : was in England, 1807-13 : was examined by the House of Commons regarding the renewal of the Company's charter, and on important questions connected with the civil and military administration in India : Colonel in 1813 : employed on a Commission for improving the judicial and police Departments. He returned to military service as Brig- General in the war of 1816-8 against the Pindaris and Mahrattas : made K.C.B. : he was appointed Governor of Madras in June, 1820, and assisted in the first Burmese war of 1824 : made a Baronet : his government of Madras was very successful, based as it was on his thorough knowledge of the country and languages, his ability and principles, power of work and firmness. His death was universally deplored : died of cholera while on tour at Puttaconda in the ceded districts, on July 6, 1827. His equestrian statue by Chantrey was erected at Madras. |
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