General Hector William Munro (1769–1821) was the British Governor of Trinidad from 27 September 1811 to 14 June 1813.
Having served with distinction in each of the above ranks at Menorca, and subsequently in the campaigns in Flanders, he was on 2 September 1794, promoted to his majority in the 42nd, and on 15 November following was appointed lieutenant-colonel in the Caithness Legion.
On 1 January 1801, he was made brevet colonel, and was afterwards appointed brigadier-general on the Staff in Ireland and Great Britain.
On 4 June 1813, he was made lieutenant general, and in 1816, was appointed Doctor of Letters for Dorset.
He died at Bath in Somerset on 3 January 1821 and was succeeded in his estates by his eldest son, Hector William Bower Munro.