Hugh Thomas Munro

Sir Hugh Thomas Munro, fourth baronet, was born, in London, in 1856, the eldest of nine children.His formative years were divided between London and the family estate at Lindertis, near Kirriemuir.When he was about 17 years of age he went off to Germany to learn the language and, while there, he developed an interest in the outdoors.

He was one of the founder members of the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1889 and, shortly thereafter, he undertook the task of listing all the Scottish mountains over 3,000 feet.Two years later he published the "Tables of Heights over 3000 Feet – volume 1" and, although he had already done some climbing before he started the project, he admitted to friends later that when he started the listing he did not realise how much hard work it would involve.His finished list had 283 separate 3,000-foot plus mountains and 538 "tops".He climbed all but 5 of these.He eventually stopped climbing in the early 1900s due to severe arthritis.

In 1919, at the age of 63 he developed pneumonia and died in France.His body was brought back to Lindertis and he was buried in the family's private graveyard on the estate.

The Munro Society, which was formed in 2001, keeps a record of all those who have compleated (it is always the archaic spelling that is used) all of the "Munros" and the first man to do so is believed to have been the Reverend Archibald Eneas Robertson, in 1901.

There are 14 "Munros" in section 7 of the tables, covering the area south from Deeside and east from Glen Shee and the majority of these can be accessed from the Angus glens.

 

 

 

 

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