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	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.		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.<ref name=LG1921/> He and his wife had two daughters, Jacqueline Theodora (1894–1948) and [[Angela Pery\|Angela Olivia]] in 1897.{{cn\|date=October ~~2022~~}}		On 15 October 1890 Trotter married Olivia Georgiana Wellesley, daughter of Admiral [[George Wellesley]] and Elizabeth Lukin.<ref name=LG1921/> He and his wife had two daughters, Jacqueline Theodora (1894–1948) and [[Angela Pery\|Angela Olivia]] in 1897.{{cn\|date=October 2020}}

	He was survived by his wife and daughters.<ref name=LG1921/> In 1926 Trotter's daughter Angela married [[Edmond Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick]]. Her son, Trotter's grandson, was [[Patrick Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick]].{{cn\|date=October ~~2022~~}}		He was survived by his wife and daughters.<ref name=LG1921/> In 1926 Trotter's daughter Angela married [[Edmond Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick]]. Her son, Trotter's grandson, was [[Patrick Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick]].{{cn\|date=October 2020}}

	==List of publications==		==List of publications==

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[[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] '''Sir Henry Trotter''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|KCMG|CB}} (30 August 1841<ref name=vibart>{{Cite book |first=H.M. |last=Vibart |title=Addiscombe: its heroes and men of note |place=Westminster |publisher=Archibald Constable |year=1894|pages=646–7, 702 |ol=23336661M }}</ref> – 25 September 1919<ref name=LG1921>{{London Gazette |issue=32300 |date=21 April 1921|page=3227}}</ref><ref name=jrcs>{{cite journal |first=A.C. |last=Yate |title=Obituary: Lieut-Colonel Sir Henry Trotter, R.E. (Retired), K.C.M.G., C.B. |journal=[[Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society]] |volume=7 |issue=1 |year=1920 |pages=32–33 |doi=10.1080/03068372008724772|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1430488 }}</ref>) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer in the [[Royal Engineers]], an author, and an explorer of Central Asia.

==Biography==
Trotter attended [[Addiscombe Military Seminary]] from 1858 to 1860, and was awarded his commission in the [[Bengal Engineer Group|Royal Engineers, Bengal]] on 8 June 1860.<ref name=vibart/> He sailed to India in 1862, and from 1863 to 1875 served on the [[Great Trigonometric Survey]]. He was a member of the [[Second Yarkand Mission]] to [[Xinjiang|Sinkiang]] to visit the territory ruled by [[Yakub Beg]]: the mission had 350 support staff and 6,476 porters,<ref name=ba>{{cite journal|author=Hruby, Jiri|year=2005|title=Ferdinand Stoliczka|journal=Birding Asia|volume=3|pages=50–56}}</ref> and was led by [[Thomas Douglas Forsyth|Sir Thomas Douglas Forsyth]]. Among the other Indian Army officers were [[Thomas Edward Gordon|Thomas E. Gordon]], [[John Biddulph]], [[Henry Walter Bellew|Henry Bellew]], [[Ferdinand Stoliczka]] and R. A. Champman. During the exhibition Trotter was the first recorded European to have shot an [[Ovis Poli]].<ref name=jrcs/> Trotter, now a captain, joined the special service in China in 1876 and he served as assistant military attaché at [[Constantinople]] during the [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)|Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78]];<ref name=jrcs/> Trotter was present at the fall of [[Erzurum]] to the Russians.<ref name=jrcs/> In 1879, now a major, he was appointed consul for [[Kurdistan]];<ref name=LG1879>{{London Gazette |issue=24734|date=17 June 1879|page=3965}}</ref> and in 1880 he was appointed consul at [[Erzurum]].<ref name=LG1880>{{London Gazette |issue=24837|date=23 April 1880|page=2657}}</ref> From 1882 to 1889 he served as military attaché at Constantinople, following which he became British consul-general in [[Ottoman Syria|Syria]], based in [[Beirut]].<ref name=vibart/>

In 1906 Trotter retired from public service and in 1907 he began to work with the [[Central Asian Society]]. He served as a member of council for the society and from 1917 to 1918 he was president of the society.<ref name=jrcs/> Trotter was invested as a [[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (KCMG) and a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] (CB).<ref name=LG1921/>

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.<ref name=LG1921/> He and his wife had two daughters, Jacqueline Theodora (1894–1948) and [[Angela Pery|Angela Olivia]] in 1897.{{cn|date=October 2022}}

He was survived by his wife and daughters.<ref name=LG1921/> In 1926 Trotter's daughter Angela married [[Edmond Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick]]. Her son, Trotter's grandson, was [[Patrick Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick]].{{cn|date=October 2022}}

==List of publications==
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*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. [https://books.google.com/books/about/Despatch_by_Lieutenant_Colonel_Sir_Henry.html?id=CW3xGwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y “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.

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