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Hector Munro, 8th laird of Novar
General Sir Hector Munro, 8th laird of Novar KB (1726 – 27 December 1805) was a British soldier who became the ninth Commander-in-Chief of India (1764–1765).
==Early military career in Scotland==
The son of Hugh Munro of Novar, in Ross, Scotland, he was commissioned into Loudon's Highlanders in 1747. Hector is said to have got his first commission in the army after helping the Duchess of Gordon who was found travelling alone in Sutherland. Hector took over from a drunken coachman and brought her to safety, the Duchess later used her influence to procure him a Lieutenants commission in the 34th Regiment of Foot. On the regiment's disbandment in 1749 he transferred to the 48th Foot.〔Mackenzie, Alexander. (1898). ''History of the Munros of Fowlis''. pp. 515 - 536.〕
Hector's family home was at Novar House early maps call it 'Tenuer' (Gaelic Tigh 'n fhuamhair, house of the giant).〔Munro, R.W. (1987). ''Mapping the Clan Munro''. Published by the Clan Munro Association. Printed by Lindsay & Co Ltd Edinburgh〕
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