Robert Munro (d.1729)
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Sir Robert Munro was the 26th chief of the Clan Munro, 23rd Baron and 5th Baronet of Foulis. He was born blind and became known as the blind baron. His father was John Munro (d.1696).
However he was an able and intellegant man and was appointed by King George I the High Sheriff of Ross, by commission, under the great seal, dated 9th June 1725. During the risings of 1715 and 1719 his clan had done much to check the activities of the MacKenzies and other Jacobite clans. A younger son of Robert, George Munro of Culcairn led men of his father's clan at the Battle of Glenshiel where they defeated the Jacobites in 1719.
Robert Munro married Jean Forbes, the daughter of John Forbes of Culloden, chief of Clan Forbes. Robert died in 1729 and his eldest son Robert Munro (1684 - 1746) became chief of the clan.
