residence death_date death_place birth_place imagesize office birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
`` fowlis '' albany county , new york 27 october 1800 dickinson 's landing , upper canada alness , ross-shire , scotland 200px member of the legislative council of upper canada 1728 1792 marie talbot gilbert brouwer captain john munro.jpg john munro -lrb- loyalist -rrb-
 1800 captain john munro
john munro -lrb- loyalist -rrb-

john munro -lrb- 1728 -- october 27 , 1800 -rrb- , was generally referred to as ` captain the hon. john munro of fowlis ' to distinguish him from others with the same name and rank .
he was a highland soldier who after the seven years ' war received extensive land grants at albany , new york , becoming a prominent tory and merchant associated with simon mctavish and the fur trade .
having gained a reputation for no-nonsense , he was made a magistrate and given further land at vermont to bring ethan allen and the green mountain boys to order .
ever the ardent loyalist , munro fought for the british during the american revolutionary war which led to the loss of his land following the american victory .
he re-settled in upper canada , where he became a judge and was appointed to the first legislative council of upper canada .
