The Munros of Culrain were a minor noble Scottish family and a cadet branch of the ancient

Clan Munro Clan Munro (; gd, Clann an Rothaich ) 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 ...

, a

Scottish clan A Scottish clan (from Goidelic languages, Gaelic , literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense of shared identity and descent to members, and in modern times have an official ...

of the

Scottish Highlands The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Sco ...

. They were seated at

Culrain Culrain (Cul Raoin) is a small village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. Location It lies west of Ardgay, beside the Kyle of Sutherland about west from the village of Bonar Bridge, where several rivers converge to flood into the sea through l ...

which is in the south of the county of

Sutherland Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...

, but to the north of the main Munro clan lands in

Kiltearn Kiltearn ( Gaelic: ''Cill Tighearna'') is a parish in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It is in the Presbytery of Ross. The principal settlement is the village of Evanton, and the parish extends almost to Dingwall and about halfway to Alness. The ...

Easter Ross Easter Ross ( gd, Ros an Ear) is a loosely defined area in the east of Ross, Highland, Scotland. The name is used in the constituency name Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, which is the name of both a British House of Commons constituenc ...

History

George Munro, 1st of Culrain was the third son of

George Munro, 1st of Newmore Sir George Munro, 1st of Newmore (1602–1693) was a 17th-century Scottish soldier and member of parliament from the Clan Munro, Ross-shire, Scotland. He was seated at Newmore Castle. Between 1629 and 1634 Munro held command in the Swedish ar ...

who himself was a royalist soldier of the 17th-century and a cadet of the

Munro of Obsdale The Munros of Obsdale were a Scottish family and a cadet branch of the Clan Munro, a Highland Scottish clan. Their base was at Obsdale House, situated just north of the town of Alness in the Scottish Highlands. Some of the members of the Munro of ...

family. The estate of Culrain was apparently named after

Coleraine Coleraine ( ; from ga, Cúil Rathain , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern I ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

of which George Munro, 1st of Newmore had been the governor. The Newmore estate had passed to the elder half-brother of George Munro, 1st of Culrain. The estate of Culrain later passed through several descendants until it was lost to Hector Munro, 8th laird of Novar. However, the landless representative of the Munro of Culrain family succeeded to the estate of Munro of Foulis in 1849, and also to the Baronetcy of Foulis when Charles Munro, 7th of Culrain became the 9th Baronet of Foulis upon the death of

Sir Hugh Munro, 8th Baronet Sir Hugh Munro, 8th Baronet (of Foulis), born 25 October 1763,Mackenzie. p. 146. was a Scottish noble and also the chief of the Clan Munro, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands. By tradition he was also the twenty-sixth Baron of Foulis. Befor ...

in May 1848, and his daughter who died eight months later. According to the 19th-century historian Alexander Mackenzie the Munro of Culrain family was able to succeed to the Baronetcy of Foulis and chiefship of the

as there was no male representative of the

Munro of Culcairn The Munros of Culcairn were a minor noble Scottish family and a branch of the ancient Clan Munro, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands. Their seat was at Culcairn which is on the east side of Allt Graad/River Glass in the parish of Kiltearn. ...

family, who were senior in line to succeed but who were apparently extinct in the male line.

Lairds of Culrain

*George Munro, 1st of Culrain (d. 1724) (third son of

). *George Munro, 2nd of Culrain (d. 1731). *Gustavus Munro, 3rd of Culrain (d.1751) (brother of George, 2nd of Culrain. Gustavus had a son called George who died before being served heir to his father. This George was a Lieutenant in the MacLeod of Assynt Independent Highland Company raised to oppose the

Jacobite rising of 1745 The Jacobite rising of 1745, also known as the Forty-five Rebellion or simply the '45 ( gd, Bliadhna Theàrlaich, , ), was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the Monarchy of Great Britain, British throne for his father, James Franci ...

.) *James Munro, 4th of Culrain (d.1760) (brother of Gustavus, 3rd of Culrain) *Charles Munro, 5th of Culrain (d.1782) *George Munro, 6th of Culrain (d.1845) * Charles Munro, 7th of Culrain and 9th Baronet of Foulis (succeeded in 1849 to the Baronetcy). *See

Munro baronets There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Munro, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The Munro Baronetcy, of Foulis in the County of Ross, was created in the Baron ...

for further generations.

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