Old photograph of Novar House located North of the village of Evanton, Easter Ross, Scotland. The lands of the Novar Estate were acquired in 1589 from Keith of Delny by Neil Munro of Swordale, whose brother Andrew Munro was the ancestor of the Novar branch of the Clan Munro. At the time the Novar lands covered one quarter of the lands known as Fyrish. The current house and estate of Novar are largely the creation of Sir Hector Munro, 8th of Novar, born 1726, died 1805, who made his name and fortune as an officer in the British Army who fought in India. The building was altered and rebuilt as a classical square by Sir Hector Munro on his return from India in 1765. Sir Hector Munro's sons were both killed in India, one by a tiger and one by a shark in the Bay of Bengal. Therefore, the estate passed, after the death of his nephew Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro, to his daughter Jean Munro who married Ronald Ferguson of Raith.
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