Sir George Munro of Culcairn (1685 – 1746) was a Scottish soldier of the 18th century from

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. He commanded the 3rd Independent Highland Company from 1714 to 1716, fought at the

Battle of Glen Shiel The Battle of Glen Shiel took place on 10 June 1719 in the Scottish Highlands, during the Jacobite rising of 1719. A Jacobitism, Jacobite army composed of Highland levies and Spanish Marine Infantry, Spanish marines was defeated by British gover ...

in 1719, led the 6th Company in formation of the "

Black Watch The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The regiment was created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881, when the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment ...

" in 1725, the 8th Company of Black Watch when it was regimented in 1739 and again commanded an Independent Highland Company in 1745–1746. He was shot in error in 1746.

Lineage

George Munro of Culcairn was born on 18 September 1685,Mackenzie, Alexander (1898). p. 159. the second son of

Sir Robert Munro, 5th Baronet of Foulis Sir Robert Munro, 5th Baronet of Foulis (died 11 September 1729) was also 23rd Baron and 26th chief of the Clan Munro. He became blind and was known as the ''Blind Baron''. Member of Parliament Robert Munro was the eldest son of Sir John Munro ...

, chief of the

Clan Munro Clan Munro (; ) is a Highland Scottish clan. Historically the clan was based in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands. Traditional origins of the clan give its founder as Donald Munro who came from the north of Ireland and settled in Scotland i ...

, who was also known as the ''Blind Baron''. George's elder brother was

Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet of Foulis 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 ...

, the next successive chief of the clan.

Jacobite rising of 1715

During the

Jacobite rising of 1715 The Jacobite rising of 1715 ( ; or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Francis Edward Stuart, James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of Kingdom of England, England, Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland and Kingdom of Scotland ...

the Mackenzie Jacobite garrison at

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surrendered to

Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, ( 1667 – 9 April 1747) was a Scottish landowner and head of Clan Fraser of Lovat. Convicted of high treason in the United Kingdom, high treason for his role in the Jacobite rising of 1745, he was the last ma ...

upon the very day when the

Battle of Sheriffmuir The Battle of Sheriffmuir (, ) was an engagement in 1715 at the height of the Jacobite rising of 1715, Jacobite rising in Scotland. The battlefield has been included in the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland and protected by Histor ...

was fought and another Jacobite force was defeated at the

Battle of Preston (1715) The Battle of Preston (9–14 November 1715) was the final action of the Jacobite rising of 1715, an attempt to put James Francis Edward Stuart on the British throne in place of George I. After two days of street-fighting, the Jacobite comma ...

. Soon after this 31-year-old Colonel Sir Robert Munro of Foulis marched into the town of Inverness with 400 Munros and took over control as governor from Fraser. Government troops arrived in Inverness towards the end of February, and for some months the process of disarming the rebels went on led by a Munro detachment under George Munro of Culcairn.Mackenzie, Alexander. (1898). ''The History of the Munros of Fowlis''. pp. 104–107.

Jacobite rising of 1719

During the

Jacobite rising of 1719 The Jacobite Rising of 1719 was a failed attempt to restore the exiled James Francis Edward Stuart to the throne of Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain. Part of a series of Jacobitism, Jacobite risings between 1689 and 1745, it was supported ...

, Captain George Munro of Culcairn led a detachment of Munros at the

where they helped to defeat the Jacobites. During the battle George who was

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ed was shielded by his servant, however he told his men to carry on and not to shield him. The Jacobites continued to fire at George after he was down, until Sergeant Robert Munro, son of Hugh Munro of Tullochue, with a small party, dislodged Captain George Munro's assailants, after having previously swore upon his

dirk A dirk is a long-bladed thrusting dagger.Chisholm, Hugh (ed.); "Dagger", ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 11th ed., Vol. VII, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press (1910), p. 729. Historically, it gained its name from the Highland dirk (Scott ...

that he would effect his rescue. The Jacobites were soon put into retreat and after the battle the Jacobite rising was over. Historian Peter Simpson states that the Munro company ''ably'' led by George Munro of Culcairn took a very ''positive'' part in the fighting and that their bold action helped in the defeat of the Jacobites under the Earl Marischall. Simpson also states that the battle raged for three hours but the superior power of the Government grenadiers along with the ''aggressive'' forays of the Munros won the day for the Government.

Formation of the Black Watch and War in France

In 1725 six

Independent Highland Companies The Independent Highland Companies were irregular militia raised from the Scottish clans of the Scottish Highlands by order of the Scottish (later British) government between 1603 and 1760 in order to help keep the peace and enforce the law in t ...

were formed. One of Munros, one of Frasers, one of

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and three of Campbells. George Munro of Culcairn was made a Captain in Munro's company under his elder brother Colonel Sir Robert. In 1739 ten Independent Highland Companies were embodied into a regiment of the line. The regiment then was officially known as the 43rd Highlanders (later renumbered the 42nd and also known as the "Black Watch" ). The regiment's first action together came at the

Battle of Fontenoy The Battle of Fontenoy took place on 11 May 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession, near Tournai, then in the Austrian Netherlands, now Belgium. A French army of 50,000 under Maurice, comte de Saxe, Marshal Saxe defeated a Pragmatic Ar ...

in 1745 against the French, however George Munro of Culcairn had retired from the regiment in 1744.

Jacobite rising of 1745

During the

Jacobite rising of 1745 The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the Monarchy of Great Britain, British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart. It took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, when the bulk of t ...

the Munros continued their support for the British Government. George Munro was appointed the command of the Munro Independent Highland Company. While his elder brother, Robert Munro, now the chief of the clan was appointed command of the English

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and Robert's son,

Sir Harry Munro, 7th Baronet Sir Harry Munro, 7th Baronet ( 1720 – 12 June 1781) was 25th Baron and the 28th chief of the Clan Munro. He was a Scottish soldier and politician. He was loyal to the Hanoverian dynasty and served as a captain in Loudon's Highlanders Regim ...

held command in

Loudon's Highlanders Loudon's Highlanders, or the 64th Highlanders, or Earl of Loudon's Regiment of Foot, was an infantry regiment of the British Army. History Formation The great bravery of the 42nd Regiment of Foot, 43rd Highlanders (later renumbered the 42nd) an ...

regiment. General Sir John Cope arrived at Inverness on 29 August 1745.Munro, R.W. (1977). ''Clan Munro Magazine No. 14''. George Munro of Culcairn met him and agreed that the Munros "should instantly take arms and join the King's troops". Harry Munro joined Sir John Cope at the Water of Nairn and when the army marched for Aberdeen on 4 September Loudon's Highlanders regiment included his three companies, while George Munro of Culcairn's detachment acted as scouts. Sir John Cope remained in Aberdeen where a fourth company of Loudoun's regiment joined the others until 14 September from whence they sailed to Dunbar and their infamous defeat at the

Battle of Prestonpans The Battle of Prestonpans, also known as the Battle of Gladsmuir, was fought on 21 September 1745, near Prestonpans, in East Lothian, the first significant engagement of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Jacobitism, Jacobite forces, led by the Stua ...

. Harry was among 70 officers taken prisoner and for a time was imprisoned in

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but by mid January 1746 he was among 31 men released who arrived at Edinburgh, where he learnt the tragic news of his father Robert's and his uncle Duncan's deaths after the

Battle of Falkirk Muir The Battle of Falkirk Muir, or Battle of Falkirk, took place near Falkirk, Scotland, on 17 January 1746 during the Jacobite rising of 1745. A narrow Jacobite victory, it had little impact on the campaign. After their withdrawal from England in ...

. Meanwhile, the main body of 200 Munros,MacLeod, Ruairidh. p. 314. having escorted Sir John Cope successfully to Aberdeen had returned to the north under George Munro of Culcairn and were not present at Prestonpans. However, George Munro and his Independent Company seem to have been involved in the events which led up to the Battle of Inverurie (1745) if not involved in the battle itself. One account does state that the Munros under George Munro of Culcairn were positioned in such a way that they were able to attack the advancing Jacobites from the front and flank leaving many dead on the field. Another account states that the Munros held position at the village of

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and were not involved in the battle at all.

John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun General John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (5 May 1705 – 27 April 1782) was a British Army officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, North America from 1756 to 1757. Early life and career Born in Scotland two years before the creation of Gre ...

and Sir John Cope had escaped by sea to

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after the Battle of Prestonpans from whence Loudoun later returned north to Inverness to take command in the north but was forced with

Duncan Forbes, Lord Culloden Duncan Forbes 5th of Culloden (10 November 1685 – 10 December 1747) was a Scottish lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1737. As Lord President and senior Scottish legal officer, he played a major role in h ...

and George Munro of Culcairn to withdraw through the

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into

being pressed by a much larger Jacobite force. According to historian Ruairidh MacLeod, at this time George Munro of Culcairn was the most experienced military man in the north. After the

Battle of Falkirk (1746) The Battle of Falkirk Muir, or Battle of Falkirk, took place near Falkirk, Scotland, on 17 January 1746 during the Jacobite rising of 1745. A narrow Jacobite victory, it had little impact on the campaign. After their withdrawal from England in ...

, Mackenzie Jacobites had burned

Foulis Castle Foulis Castle is situated two miles south-west of Evanton in the parish of Kiltearn, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It is a white washed mansion that incorporates an old tower house with gun loops. The castle was held by the Clan Munro from t ...

leaving it a semi ruin. In April of that year the Jacobite army was finally defeated at the

Battle of Culloden The Battle of Culloden took place on 16 April 1746, near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. A Jacobite army under Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated by a British government force commanded by the Duke of Cumberland, thereby endi ...

by Government forces but although Loudon's regiment were present Harry Munro was listed as missing on leave and George Munro of Culcairn had already returned north.

Assassination

After the Jacobite rising had been suppressed a Munro Independent Company under Harry Munro of Foulis and the command of his uncle, George Munro of Culcairn continued to police the Highlands. George Munro and his Independent Company burned

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,MacLeod, Ruairidh. p. 344. which was the seat of the

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, watched by

Donald Cameron of Lochiel Donald Cameron of Lochiel ( – 26 October 1748), popularly known as the Gentle Lochiel, was a Scottish Jacobitism, Jacobite, soldier and Scottish clan chief, hereditary chief of Clan Cameron, traditionally loyal to the exiled House of Stuart. ...

, chief of the Clan Cameron. The Camerons had been the most staunch of Jacobites and were also responsible for the murder of George's elder brother Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet after the

. Around the same time that Achnacarry Castle was burned a Government officer from the

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, seized a young man by the name of Cameron, who had been sent by his father, Dugald Roy Cameron, to Fort William to surrender their arms.Mackenzie, Alexander. (1898). pp. 112–113. Grant shot the young Cameron on the spot. The young Cameron's father swore to be revenged on what had happened to his son and had heard that Grant rode a white horse and waited for him behind a rock on his return from

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. Captain George Munro of Culcairn had borrowed Grant's horse and as a result was shot and killed in mistake for him by Cameron. Some information on George Munro of Culcairn's murder is given by historian Ruairidh MacLeod.MacLeod, Ruairidh. pp. 348–349. MacLeod states that on 19 August, Lord Loudon (

) ordered Munro to ''sweep'' through

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and into

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. On 31 August, Munro's four companies met up with Captain Grant's detachment at Locharkaigside where Munro was killed. The Reverend John Cameron maintained that Munro was shot in mistake for Captain Grant of Knockando, in revenge by the father of a man killed on the orders of Grant. Lord Albemarle reported that the murderer of Culcairn was John Roy McFie who was frequently called John Roy Cameron and who lived at Auchinsoul on North Arkaigside.MacLeod, Ruairidh. pp. 349–350. The MacGillonies (who were a branch or

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of Clan Cameron), later delivered up a suspect called Evan Bane as a scapegoat, Lord Loudoun reacted angrily ordering Cameron of Fassefern to find the right man within ten days. Underground

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Bishop John Geddes believed Munro's death to have been a deliberate act by a disgruntled enlisted man, whom Captain Grant had recently had

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. The Bishop also believed that Captain Munro's death was divine retribution for his personal involvement in the recent desecration and

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of a nearby Roman Catholic chapel and others like it throughout Cameron country. Another suspect was the Jacobite Grant of Moy whose lands had been burnt and plundered by George Munro of Culcairn. Grant of Moy had been walking along the road with a gun when Munro of Culcairn was shot, but a turn in the road concealed him from the soldiers when the shot was fired. He was immediately seized under suspicion by the soldiers and taken to Fort William, but later released. Grant of Moy later joined the

42nd Regiment of Foot The 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot was a Scottish infantry regiment in the British Army also known as the Black Watch. Originally titled Crawford's Highlanders or the Highland Regiment (mustered 1739) and numbered 43rd in the line, in 17 ...

as a volunteer soldier of fortune and afterwards got a cadet-ship in

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, returning with a ''handsome fortune''.

Family

George's son, John Munro, 2nd of Culcairn is also well remembered for the unusual hospitality he showed to a Jacobite Bishop in the 1760s.Fraser, C.I of Reeling. (1954). pp. 10–11. It is recorded how John Munro of Culcairn treated him to ''the best of Strong Ale, Claret of Vintage 49 and good Coffee made of his own Wheat''. The Bishop also described Culcairn's improvements: ''his grounds produce the best of Wheat and he has erected a Flour-Miln for dressing it''.

Independent Company

Amongst the men in George Munro of Culcairn's independent company who supported the British Government during the 1745 - 1746 Jacobite rising were:Dobson, David (2007). ''Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725 - 1775: The Northern Highlands''. . Quoting from: MacLeod, Ruairidh (1984). ''Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness''. Volume LIII. pp. 364–366. (Note the book by Dobson is missing some of the names listed by MacLeod, this article has therefore been updated in accordance with MacLeod). MacLeod quotes as source the ''Loudoun Papers'' which were then held in the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California. *Hugh Munro (of

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) (Ensign) *Robert Munro (sergeant) *Hugh Munro (sergeant) *Hugh Munro (of Ardullie) (sergeant) *George Ross (sergeant) *Charles Munro (corporal) *David Munro (corporal) *Robert Grant (corporal) *Duncan Douglas (corporal) *Robert Munro (in Wester Foulis) (surgeon) *Donald Mackay (drummer) *Alexander Munro (in Katwall) (soldier) *Alexander Munro (in Nafaid in Ffyrish) (soldier) *Alexander Munro Bain (in Katwall) (soldier) *Alexander Munro (in Alness) (soldier) *Alexander Munro (Miller in Drummond) (soldier) *Alexander Munro (in Kildermory) (soldier) *Alexander McGilichallum Munro (in Milntown) (soldier) *Andrew Munro Turner (in Kildermory) (soldier) *Donald Munro Baine (in Auchany) (soldier) *Donald Munro Bain (in Drummond) (soldier) *Donald Munro (in Brigend) (soldier) *Donald Munro (in Dalbreak) (soldier) *Donald Grassich Munro (in Kiltearn) (soldier) *Donald Munro (in Kildermory) (soldier) *Donald Munro (in Katwell) (soldier) *Donald Munro (in Teanaird - the younger) (soldier) *Donald Munro (in Teanaird - the elder) (soldier) *Donald Munro (in Ribbigill) (soldier) *Donald Munro (in Farr) (soldier) *Donald McFinlay Roy Munro (in Teanich) (soldier) *Donald Munro (in Druminloy) (soldier) *Donald McCallie Munro (in Drummond) (soldier) *George McGillichallum Munro (in Foulis (Ffowlis) (soldier) *George Munro (in Obsdale (soldier) *George Munro (in Newton) (soldier) *George Munro (in Auchany) (soldier) *Hector Oig Munro (in Bognahavine) (soldier) *Hugh Munro (in Auchnacullan) (soldier) *Hugh Munro (in Kydoich) (soldier) *Hugh Callanach Munro (in Foulis (Ffowlis) (soldier) *John Allanson Munro (in Newtown) (soldier) *John Ballach Munro (in Culcairn) (soldier) *John Munro Bain (in Balblair) (soldier) *John McFarquhar Munro (in Wester Foulis) (soldier) *John Naffaid Munro (in Teanriven) (soldier) *John McGillispick Munro (soldier) *John Allanson Munro (in Newtown) (soldier) *Niel Ballach Munro (in Wester Foulis (Ffowlis) (soldier) *Robert Munro (in Rufaqr) (soldier) *Robert Munro Bain (in Newtown) (soldier) *Robert Macangus Munro (in Katwall) (soldier) *Roderick Munro (in Culcraggie) (soldier) *Ronald Munro (in Swardell) (soldier) *William Munro (in Obsdale - the elder) (soldier) *William Munro (in Obsdale - the younger) (soldier) *William Munro (in Balchastle) (soldier) *William Munro (miller in Mulinuoran) (soldier) *William McGilichallum Munro (in Balcony) (soldier) *William Buy Munro (in Contrillich) (soldier) *William Munro (in Drummond, Easter Ross) (soldier) *William Munro (in Plaids) (soldier) *William McRikan Munro (in Teanriven) (soldier) *Donald Mackay (in Auchany) (soldier) *Alexander Mackay (in Pitfuir) (soldier) *John Mackay (in Clunell) (soldier) *Robert Mackay (in Clunell (soldier) *William Mackay (in Pitfuir) (soldier) *William Mackay (in Ffowlis) (soldier) *Duncan MacLean (in Milntown) (soldier) *William MacLean (in Dibidill) (soldier) *Donald McLeod (in Plaid) (soldier) *John McLeod (in Bunrod) (soldier) *Angus Mcpherson (in Novar) (soldier) *Donald Mcurchie (in Ardoch) (soldier) *James Cameron (soldier) *Evan Cameron (in Kiltearn) (soldier) *Roderick Campbell (in Alness) (soldier) *William Campbell (in Cowie) (soldier) *Donald Davie (soldier) *John Ferguson (soldier) *Simon Gray (in Pitarksie)(soldier) *Donald Hossack (in Obsdale) (soldier) *John Leslie (in Pitarksie) (soldier) *Alexander McDonald (in Pitfuir) (soldier) *Duncan McDonald (in Salchie) (soldier) *Thomas MacDonald (in Pitarskie) *William McDonald (soldier) *William McDonald (elder in Pitfuir) (soldier) *William McDonald Yor (in Pitfuir) *John McEvan (in Polisky) (soldier) *John McIntosh (in Pitarskie) (soldier) *James Oag Ross (in Alness) (soldier) *John McGillichallum Ross (in Newtown) (soldier) *Robert Ross (in Ardoch) (soldier) *Alexander Sutherland (in Ardoch) (soldier) *Robert Sutherland (in Balcherry) (soldier) *Donald Thompson (in Culcairn) (soldier) *Donald Urquhart (in Culbin) (soldier) *George Urquhart (in Alness) (soldier) *John Urquhart (in Clunell) (soldier) *William Urquhart (in Ardoch) *Alexander Wallace (in Dal Break) (soldier) *Alexander Williamson (soldier)

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Assassination

Family

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