Charles Monro (rugby union)

[1] His sister, Maria Georgiana Monro, would marry the Scottish geologist, naturalist, and surgeon James Hector.

[4] Monro introduced the game under the 1868 rules of rugby and with the new Gilbert oval ball to the Nelson Football club in 1870.

[5] The first game was played between Nelson College "The Gown" and Monro's club "The Town" at the Botanics ground at 2pm on 14 May 1870.

[4][7] In 1889, Monro purchased land in Fitzherbert, on the opposite site of the Manawatu River from Palmerston North.

[4] Monro was from a long line of doctors, the Munro of Auchinbowie family, and his three sons all became medical professionals.