Robert Monro who had held an important command in Ireland was imprisoned in the Tower of London by Oliver Cromwell and so John Munro of Lemlair had the military command of the clan whom he led in support of the royalist rising at Inverness in 1649 before defecting to the side of the covenanters and leading the clan at the Battle of Carbisdale in 1650, the year before Hector's death.
[3] According to historian Alexander Mackenzie, Hector Munro, 2nd Baronet is said to have died aged just 17 in 1651.
[2] The Munro MS history written by George Martine between 1673 and 1697 states that Hector died at his uncle Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay's house in 1651, in Durness, Sutherland.
[2][note 1] However, Fraser's Wardlaw MS disagrees on the year of death and hints at "suspicion of mal[e]fice".
[2] While Burke's Peerage and Baronetage has always stated that he died on his travels in Holland.