Background
MONRO, Horace Cecil was born in 1861. Son of Reverend H. G. Monro.
MONRO, Horace Cecil was born in 1861. Son of Reverend H. G. Monro.
Repton; Clare College, Cambridge (Scholar, 1881. Bachelor of Arts, Classical Tripos, 1883).
Entered the Local Government Board, 1884. Was private secretary to Sir Hugh Owen, K. C. B. Permanent secretary of the Local Government Board, 1889-1892, and to Mr.
Ritchie, Mr. Fowler, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, and Mr. Chaplin, successive Presidents of the Local Government Board, 1892-1897.
Barrister, Middle Temple, 1900. Assistant Secretary, Local Government Board, 1897- 1910. Member of British Ornithologists’ Union. Permanent Secretary, Local Government Board, since 1910.
Clubs: Oxford and Cambridge, Savile, National.