Capt. Sir David Monro of Allan (13 May 1839 – 9 January 1909) was a Scottish police officer, who was Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland"A Military History of Scotland" Spiers, E.M; Crang, J.A; Strickland, M. p : Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2012; ISBN 978-0-7486- 3335-7 from 1884"The Diced Cap: The Story of Aberdeen City Police" p66 UK : Published by The Chief Constable on behalf of the Corporation of the City of Aberdeen, 1972. until 1904."Birthday Honours." The Times (London, England), Friday, 24 June 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37429.
He was born in Allan, Fearn, Highland, into a branch of the Munros of Foulis. He served in the Indian Army in Madras from 1857 to 1874, when he became Chief Constable of the Isle of Man. In 1878, he was appointed Chief Constable of Soliuburgh and Linlithgow. He retired in 1904, when he was knighted. He had three sons and three daughters.
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