 Sir Hector was appointed an aide-de-camp to King Edward VII in the 1902 Coronation Honours list on 26 June 1902, with the regular rank of colonel.He served as such until the King´s death in 1910, and was re-appointed ADC to King George V from 1910.Munro married on 7 April 1880, Margaret Violet, eldest daughter of John Stirling of Fairburn and 17 Ennismore Gardens, London.