[2] There is a tradition that a brother of Lord Gifford was given the name for delivering a message with great speed to James III of Scotland.

[2] A junior branch of the clan, the Trotters of Mortonhall claim to have held their lands as far back as the reign of Robert II of Scotland.

[2] The Trotters of Catchelraw were staunch supporters of Charles I of England and were fined for assisting James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose in 1645.

[2] A direct descendant of the Trotter killed at Flodden fought for John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee at the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689.

[2] Dr John Trotter continued the family's Jacobite sympathies and treated wounded Scots soldiers returning from England.