Henry Trotter (British Army officer)
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{{Infobox military person
| name = Sir Henry Trotter
| image = Henry Trotter, Major-General, 1901.jpg
| caption = Henry Trotter in a photograph published June 1901
| birth_date = {{birth date|1844|01|05|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1905|07|16|1844|01|05|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| death_place = Mortonhall, Edinburgh
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| nickname =
| allegiance = United Kingdom
| branch = British Army
| serviceyears = 1862–1903
| rank = Major General
| unit =
| commands = Home District
| battles =
| awards = Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
| relations =
| laterwork = Edward Henry Trotter (son)
}}
Major General Sir Henry Trotter, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCVO|DL}} (5 January 1844 – 16 July 1905) was a senior British Army officer who served as Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding the Home District from 1897 to 1903.
Military career
File:Henry Trotter, Vanity Fair, 1902-01-09.jpg published in Vanity Fair in 1902]]
Trotter was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1862.{{London Gazette|issue=22668|page=4724|date=3 October 1862}}
He was promoted to major general in 1895 and appointed Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding the Home District in 1897, serving until 1903.[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=OW19050913.2.270&l=mi&e=-------10--1----0-all Otago Witness] 1905 During preparations for the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902, Trotter acted as Chief Staff Officer to the Duke of Connaught, who was in supreme command of the troops taking part in all military ceremonies connected with the coronation.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Coronation |date=9 April 1902 |page=10 |issue=36737}} He was advanced to a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) for his service later the same year,{{London Gazette |issue=27493 |date=7 November 1902 |pages=7161–7163 |supp=y}} and was invested with the insignia by the King at Buckingham Palace on 18 December 1902.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court Circular |date=19 December 1902 |page=4 |issue=36955}}
He lived at Mortonhall in Edinburgh[http://thepeerage.com/p7947.htm#i79469 The Peerage.com] and was Deputy Lieutenant of Berwickshire.
Family
In 1866 he married Hon. Eva Gifford, daughter of Robert Gifford, 2nd Baron Gifford; they went on to have one daughter and four sons (two of whom gained distinction as army officers: Gerald Trotter and Edward Henry Trotter).
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Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Category:British Army major generals