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Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar (13 February 1797 - 22 November 1864) was a Scottish art collector. ==Life== H.A.J. Munro of Novar was born in London, the nephew of Hector Munro, 8th of Novar, and the son of Sir Alexander Munro (d. 1809). On his father's death in 1809 he became the head of the Munros of Novar and succeeded to the estate of Novar House in Ross-shire. An elder brother was mentally unsound. He entered Christ Church, Oxford as a gentleman commoner in 1814 and left three years later with no degree. Munro remained unmarried; among his several illegitimate children was Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro (b. 1819), the classical scholar. He was shy and, though a Tory, devoted himself more to art than to politics at a time when the Highland Clearances were a live issue. Nevertheless, in 1820, he cleared 500-600 people from his estate in Culrain to make way for sheep. 〔 Prebble, John. ''The Highland Clearances'', Secker & Warburg, 1963. Chapter 3 〕 He died suddenly at Novar without leaving a will. His papers, though carefully kept by him, have not been preserved. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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