Hugh Ian McGarvie-Munn

Background

His father was born in Scotland and was chief consultant engineer to the Viceroy of India. In 1947 he married Carmen Atala Maria Ydígoras Laparra, the daughter of María Teresa and General and engineer Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes.

Career

He was a captain in the Seaforth Highlanders, artist, naval architect and also served as a Guatemalan diplomat. Fuentes was incensed by illegal fishing by Mexicans on Guatemala"s Pacific coast, and two Mexican fishing boats were sunk by the Guatemalan Air Force. He challenged the Mexican president to a duel on the border to settle the matter, and decided that Guatemala needed a navy.

Fuentes founded the Guatemalan Navy and made McGarvie-Munn briefly the Commander in Chief of the Navy.

In 1974 McGarvie-Munn acquired the seventeenth-century Château of Entrecasteaux in Var, southeast France, which became his principal residence. lieutenant was largely due to their efforts that Entrecasteaux has become a popular destination for artists and tourists.

Membership

McGarvie-Munn was at that time an artist and member of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects, an association of naval architects.

Connections

father-in-law:

Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes