See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• HECTOR

HECTOR See also:

• MUNRO, HUGH ANDREW JOHNSTONE (1819-1885)
• MUNRO, MUNRO
• SIR HECTOR MUNRO (1726-1805)
• MUNRO, SIR THOMAS (1761-1827)

MUNRO (1726-1805)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, son of See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh See also:

• MUNRO, HUGH ANDREW JOHNSTONE (1819-1885)
• MUNRO, MUNRO
• MUNRO, SIR HECTOR (1726-1805)
• MUNRO, SIR THOMAS (1761-1827)

Munro of Novar, in See also:

• CROMARTY
• CROMARTY, GEORGE MACKENZIE, 1ST EARL OF (1630-1714)

Cromarty, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1726, and entered the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in 1749 . He went to Bombay in 1761, in command of the 89th See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment, and in that See also:

• YEAR

year effected the surrender of See also:

• MAHE

Mahe from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French . Later, when in command of the See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal army, he suppressed a See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

mutiny of sepoys at See also:

• PATNA

Patna, and on the 23rd of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1764 won the victory of See also:

• BUXAR, or BAXAR

Buxar against Shuja-ud-Dowlah, the See also:

• NAWAB

nawab See also:

• WAZIR, or VIZIER (Arabic wazir)

wazir of Oudh, and Mir Kasim, which ranks amongst the most decisive battles ever fought in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . Returning See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, he became in 1768 M.P. for the See also:

• INVERNESS

Inverness Burghs, which he continued to represent in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament for more than See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years, though a considerable portion of this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period was spent in India, whither he returned in 1778 to take command of the See also:

• MADRAS

Madras army . In that year he took See also:

• PONDICHERRY

Pondicherry from the French, but in 178o he was defeated by Hyder See also:

• ALI

Ali near See also:

• CONJEEVERAM, KANCHIPURAM

Conjeeveram, and forced .to fall back on St See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas's See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount . There See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• EYRE, EDWARD JOHN (1815-1901)
• EYRE, SIR JAMES (1734-1799)

Eyre See also:

• COOTE, SIR EYRE (1726-1783)

Coote took over command of the army, and in 1781 won a See also:

• SIGNAL

signal victory against Hyder Ali at See also:

• PORTO

Porto Novo, where Munro was in command of the right See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division . See also:

• NEGAPATAM

Negapatam was taken by Munro in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November of the same year; and in 1782 he returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . He died on the 27th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1805 .