Henry Trotter (British Army officer)

Major-General Sir Henry Trotter GCVO DL (1844 – 16 July 1905) was Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding the Home District.

Military career
Trotter was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 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.

He lived at Mortonhall in Edinburgh and leased land to the Mortonhall Golf Club when it was formed in 1892.

He was also Deputy Lieutenant of Berwickshire.

Family
In 1866 he married Eva Gifford; they went on to have one daughter and four sons (one of which was Lt Col. Edward Henry Trotter).