Major-General Sir John Munro Sym KCB (1839–1919) was a Scottish military officer who commanded the 5th Gurkha Rifles.[1]
He was born on 15 February 1839 in Edinburgh one of eight children to Rev John Sym (1809–1855), minister of the famous Greyfriars Kirk, and his wife Catherine Glassford Munro.[2] The family lived at 37 George Square a short distance from the church.[3]
He trained as a soldier and spent most of his career in the Indian Army.
In 1910 he was living at 4 Belgrave Place in western Edinburgh.[4]
He died in Edinburgh on 2 October 1919. His is buried with his son George Munro Sym (1883–1898) in the first northern extension of Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh.[5]
He was married Eliza D'Oyley Vincent (1848-1927).[6]