to succeed General Ponsonby (who was killed at Fontenoy) as Colonel of the English 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot. When the Jacobite rising of 1745 broke out, his friends in the Highlands hoped for his presence among them (one wrote that it would have been "the greatest service to His Majesty and the common cause"), but it was not to be. Robert's regiment was brought over by sea to Newcastle upon Tyne. Meanwhile, his son Harry Munro and brother George Munro joined Sir John Cope with the able-bodied men of the Clan Munro. "Munro's 37th Foot" made from English soldiers formed part of the force which operated under George Wade's ineffective command in Northern England. Ordered to Scotland, they reached Edinburgh early in January, in time to march out and form part of the left wing of the force led by Henry Hawley which met the Jacobites in a storm of rain and hail at the Battle of Falkirk Muir. At first, Sir Robert was reported wounded and a prisoner, and then "murdered in cold blood"; it seems that only a servant and his younger brother (Dr. Duncan Munro, who rode unarmed to his assistance and was also killed) were with him when he was shot or cut down. Robert had been attacked by six Jacobites of Donald Cameron of Lochiel's regiment. Robert defended himself for some time with his half-pike and managed to kill two of the Jacobites. Another Jacobite then shot Robert with a pistol. He then finished Robert off with three sword blows to the head. Robert's unarmed brother, Dr Duncan Munro, ran to his assistance but he too was killed by being shot and slashed. By the orders of George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie, Sir Robert Munro was honourably buried in Falkirk churchyard, by men of the Clan MacDonald, where several of the rebel leaders attended. Robert Munro's snuff mull was found in his pocket after the battle by David Monro of Allan who was the Edinburgh Law Agent for the Munro of Foulis family, and it is (as of Mackenzie writing in 1898) still preserved at Allan House. Legacy A monument was later erected for Sir Robert Munro in Falkirk churchyard. An entry in the Falkirk Parish Church accounts for October 1750 shows: "Present for the poor from Sir Harry Munro, five guineas, for the privilege of a Tomb upon Sir Robert, my