William Munro
1818–80
Army officer and botanist. Entered the army in 1834. Served in India, the Crimea, Canada, and Bermuda, retiring on half-pay in 1865. While in retirement, lived in Taunton, Somerset, and worked on a monograph on grasses, which he did not complete. Commanded troops in the West Indies, and served as acting governor of Bermuda, 1870–6. Became a full general in 1878.
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Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.