Background
Hector Munro, 2nd Baronet was the son of the son of Sir Hector Munro, 1st Baronet and Mary Mackay, daughter of Hugh Mackay of Farr, Sutherland, chief of the Clan Mackay.
Hector Munro, 2nd Baronet was the son of the son of Sir Hector Munro, 1st Baronet and Mary Mackay, daughter of Hugh Mackay of Farr, Sutherland, chief of the Clan Mackay.
He is also by tradition the 20th Baron and 23rd overall chief of the clan. However he is actually the 13th chief of the Clan Munro who can be proved by contemporary evidence. Hector"s father the 1st Baronet had died in 1635, the year Hector the 2nd Baronet was born and his more powerful cousins, the Munros of Obsdale and Munros of Lemlair were in majority.
Hector Munro, 2nd Baronet is said to have died aged just 17 in 1651.
However different sources give different details of the circumstances surrounding his death. However Fraser"s Wardlaw Mississippi disagrees on the year of death and hints at "suspicion of malfice".
While Burke"s Peerage and Baronetage has always stated that he died on his travels in Holland. See: Sir Robert Munro, 3rd Baronet.