The Lord Monro of Langholm | |
|---|---|
| Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | |
| In office 14 April 1992 – 6 July 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | The 2nd Baron Strathclyde |
| Succeeded by | The 16th Earl of Lindsay |
| In office 28 July 1971 – 4 March 1974 | |
| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Teddy Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Robert Hughes |
| Minister for Sport | |
| In office 4 May 1979 – 14 September 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Denis Howell |
| Succeeded by | Neil Macfarlane |
| Member of Parliament for Dumfries | |
| In office 15 October 1964 – 8 April 1997 | |
| Preceded by | David Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Russell Brown |
| 90th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |
| In office 1976–1977 | |
| Preceded by | John Henry Orr |
| Succeeded by | Frank Coutts |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hector Seymour Peter Monro 4 October 1922 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Died | 30 August 2006 (aged 83) Dumfries, Scotland, UK |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Welch (1949 –1994) Doris Kaestner (1994 –2006) |
| Children | 2 Sons |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
Hector Seymour Peter Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm, AE, PC (4 October 1922 – 30 August 2006), was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire for over 32 years, from 1964 to 1997, and then a life peer in the House of Lords.
After piloting flying boats in the Second World War, Monro became a farmer in his native Dumfriesshire. He became active in local test politics in the 1950s, and was elected as MP for Dumfries in 1964. He served as a Conservative whip and held three junior ministerial positions, twice in the Scottish Office and once as Minister for Sport in the Department for the Environment. He became a member of the House of Lords in 1997, after he stood down from the House of Commons. He was particularly concerned with Scottish and rural issues, the RAF, and sport, and was noted for his strong links with his constituency. He was in office at the time of the Lockerbie Disaster in 1988, which occurred in his constituency.