Robert Webber Monro (28 March 1838 – 10 June 1908) was an

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first-class

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er and barrister. The son of John Boscawen Monro, he was born at

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in March 1838. He was educated

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, before going up to

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. While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in

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for

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against

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of 1860 at

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. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 3 runs by Denzil Onslow in the Oxford first innings, while in their second innings he opened the batting and was dismissed without scoring by

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. Monro also played rackets for Oxford, pairing with

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against Cambridge in 1860, with the pair winning 4–2. A student of

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, he was

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in January 1864. He was a

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in the

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from 1869 until 1901, before becoming chief clerk to the Parliament Office in the House of Lords from 1901 to 1903. Monro died in June 1908 at Coombe Wood, Surrey.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Monro, Robert 1838 births 1908 deaths People from Bloomsbury Cricketers from the London Borough of Camden People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford English cricketers Oxford University cricketers Members of Lincoln's Inn 19th-century English lawyers