Henry Trotter (Indian Army officer)

Sir Henry Trotter
Sir Henry Trotter
Born	30 August 1841
Died	25 September 1919 (aged 78); Companion of the Order of the Bath

CB (30 August 1841^[1] – 25 September 1919^[2]^[3]) was a British Indian Army officer in the Royal Engineers

, an author, and an explorer of Central Asia.

Biography

Trotter attended

Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78;^[3] Trotter was present at the fall of Erzurum to the Russians.^[3] In 1879, now a major, he was appointed consul for Kurdistan;^[5] and in 1880 he was appointed consul at Erzurum.^[6] From 1882 to 1889 he served as military attaché at Constantinople, following which he became British consul-general in Syria, based in Beirut.^[1]

In 1906, Trotter retired from public service and in 1907, he began to work with the

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).^[2]

Trotter died on 25 September 1919 at Lucas Green Manor, Chobham, Surrey.

Family

Henry Trotter was the fourth son of Alexander Trotter (1804–1865), a wealthy stockbroker for Coutts Bank and his first wife Jacqueline Elizabeth Otter (1811–1849), a daughter of William Otter, Bishop of Chichester.

On 15 October 1890 Trotter married Olivia Georgiana Wellesley, daughter of Admiral George Wellesley and Elizabeth Lukin.^[2] He and his wife had two daughters, Jacqueline Theodora (1894–1948) and Angela Olivia in 1897.^{[citation needed]}

His wife and daughters survived him.

Edmond Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick. Her son, Trotter's grandson, was Patrick Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick.^{[citation needed}

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List of publications

1875. Trotter, Henry. Account of the Survey Operations in Connection with the Mission to Yarkand and Kashgar in 1873–74. Calcutta: Printed at the Foreign Department Press.
1876. Secret and Confidential Report of the Trans-Himalayan Explorations by Employees of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, during 1873-74-75. Calcutta.
1878. "On the Geographic Results of the Mission to Kashgar under Sir T. Douglas Forsyth in 1873–74."
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society
48. pp. 173–234.
1907. “Despatch by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Trotter Reporting Upon the Operations of the European Commission of the Danube During the Years 1894–1906, Together with a Résumé of Its Previous History.” H.M. Stationery Office.
1917. "The Amir Yakoub Khan and Eastern Turkestan in Mid-Nineteenth Century."
Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society
. Vol. 4. No. 4. pp. 95–112.

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "No. 32300". The London Gazette. 21 April 1921. p. 3227.
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doi:10.1080/03068372008724772
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^ Hruby, Jiri (2005). "Ferdinand Stoliczka". Birding Asia. 3: 50–56.
^ "No. 24734". The London Gazette. 17 June 1879. p. 3965.
^ "No. 24837". The London Gazette. 23 April 1880. p. 2657.

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OL 23336661M
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[LG1921-2] "No. 32300". The London Gazette. 21 April 1921. p. 3227.

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doi:10.1080/03068372008724772
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[ba-4] Hruby, Jiri (2005). "Ferdinand Stoliczka". Birding Asia. 3: 50–56.

[LG1879-5] "No. 24734". The London Gazette. 17 June 1879. p. 3965.

[LG1880-6] "No. 24837". The London Gazette. 23 April 1880. p. 2657.

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