Background
MONRO, Hector Seymour Peter was born on October 4, 1922. Parents: the late Captain Alastair Monro.
MONRO, Hector Seymour Peter was born on October 4, 1922. Parents: the late Captain Alastair Monro.
Canford School; King’s College, Cambridge University.
Chairman, Dumfriesshire Conservative Association, 1958-1963. Councillor. Dumfriesshire County Council, 1952-1967. Chairman, Dumfries and Galloway Police Committee.
Area Executive, National Farmers Union. Member of Parliament for Dumfries, since 1964, Conservative Whip, 1967-1971. Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, 1970-1971.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland, 1971-1974. Opposition Scottish Affairs Spokesman, 1974-1975, for Sport, 1974-1979. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Ministry of the Environment, and Minister for Sport, 1979-1981.
Vice-chairman, Conservative Agriculture Committee, 1983-1987. Chairman, Scottish Conservative Committee, 1983-1992. Member, Commons Select Committee on Scottish Affairs, 1983-1987 and on Procedure, 1983-1987.
Chairman, Conservative Sports Committee, 1984-1987. Member, Select Committee for Defence, 1986-1987. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office.
Served Royal Air Force, 1941-1946, RAuxAF 1947-1954, Honorary Air Commodore, since 1982.
Church of Scotland
Clubs: Scottish Rugby Union, 1957-1977 (Vice-Pres., 1975, President, 1976-1977). Nature Conservancy Cncl. Auto Cycle Union (Pres.
1983); National SmallBore Rifle Association (Pres. 1987); Marylebone Cricket Club. RSAC Club; Royal Air Force Club.
Spouse Elizabeth Anne Munro (née Welch), 1949. Children: two s.