Alexander Monro (c. 1814–83)

Scottish Congregational pastor and hydropathic practitioner. Pastor of several Congregational churches in Scotland, circa 1840 – circa 1844; of Blackhills Evangelical Union Church, Aberdeenshire, circa 1844–64. Conducted a hydropathic establishment at Angusfield, 1850–1; at Lochhead, 1851–64. Medical superintendent at Cluny Hill hydropathic establishment, near Forres, Morayshire, 1864–9, 1873–81; at Waverley hydropathic establishment, Melrose, Roxburghshire, 1869–73; at Bishop’s Teignton, Devon, 1882–3. Author of works on hydropathy.