1779 - 5th Nov 1829
Memorial inscription: "IN MEMORY OF THE HONBLE GEORGE GUN MUNRO, SENIOR MEMBER OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL, ASSISTANT JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE, AND PUBLIC TREASURER OF THE COLONY OF GRENADA, HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 5th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1829, AGED 5O YEARS. Below: – Crest : An eagle with wings raised. Arms : Argent an eagle's head erased. Motto : " DREAD GOD."
Illegitimate son of George Gun Munro of Poyntzfield (1743-1806). Residuary legatee in will of his stepmother Justina Gun Munro nee Dunbar (proved 23/08/1826) as Treasurer of the Island of Grenada "from whom I have ever experienced filial affection and the most liberal attention to my comfort in point of pecuniary circumstances".
Donor to Fortrose Academy in the Scottish Highlands in 1810, where he was "for several years a most attentive pupil". This source also identifies him as the son of the late George Gun Munro of Poyntzfield. The minutes for 03/12/1810 state: "The Revd. Mr Arthur Minister of Kirkmichael & Cullicudden, one of the Visitors of this Academy, transmitted to the Secretary a Letter from George Gun Munro Esqr. Treasurer of the Island of Grenada (Son of the late George Gun Munro Esqr. of Poyntzfield & who was for several years a most attentive pupil in the Fortrose Academy,) a List of Donations given & obtained by Mr Gun Munro in the Island of Grenada."
Vere Langford Oliver, More Monumental Inscriptions: Tombstones of the British West Indies (Rockville, Maryland, 1993) p. 203.
PROB 11/1715/369.
Email from David Alston, 29/10/2016, sourced to the Minute book of Fortrose Academy (held at the school).
We are grateful to David Alston for his assistance with compiling this entry.
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Hon. George Gun Munro of Grenada was the natural son of George Gun Munro 2nd Laird of Poyntzfield (1743-1806), the uncle of George Gun Munro 4th...
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Hon. George Gun Munro of Grenada', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/10099/ [accessed 19th April 2024].
