George Munro, 1st of Newmore

George Munro, 1st of Newmore
George Munro, 1st of Newmore
	Newmore Castle, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, 2008
Born	1602
Died	1693; Newmore Castle
Allegiance	Sweden; Covenanters; Engagers; Royalist
Rank	Major-General
Battles / wars	Thirty Years' War Battle of Lützen; Battle of Nördlingen (1634); ; Irish Confederate Wars Rebellion of Ulster; Capture of Belfast; Siege of Derry; Siege of Coleraine; ; Scottish Civil War Battle of Stirling (1648); ;
Relations	Robert Mor Munro, 15th Baron of Foulis (great-grandfather); Robert Monro (uncle); Sir Robert Munro, 3rd Baronet (older brother)
Other work	Member of Parliament

Sir George Munro, 1st of Newmore (1602–1693) was a 17th-century Scottish soldier and shire commissioner of Parliament from the Clan Munro, Ross-shire, Scotland. He was seated at Newmore Castle. Between 1629 and 1634 Munro held command in the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War, and from 1642 in the Scottish Covenanter army during the Irish Confederate Wars before changing his allegiance to the Royalist cause of Charles I in 1648 during the Scottish Civil War and Irish Confederate Wars.