Early Life, Family and Training Born in London, Hugh Munro was part of a family with deep roots in the Highlands. He was a descendant of Hector Munro, the 8th Earl of Novar, and eventually inherited the vast Novar House estate in Ross-shire. His upbringing was marked by the heavy shadows of the Highland Clearances, a period of forced evictions that reshaped the landscape of his ancestral lands. These turbulent years left a lasting imp…