Sir Frederick William Traill-Burroughs KCB CMG (born Burroughs; 1 February 1831 – 9 April 1905) was a British Army officer.

On his return from India, he visited Rousay, Orkney, where he built a large house at Trumland; he had inherited much of the island and gradually bought more of it, carrying out many improvements.

Traill-Burroughs was born at Fatehgarh (a military post) on the banks of the Ganges not far from Cawnpore in 1831, the eldest of five children to General Frederick William Burroughs and Caroline de Peyron.

His mother's grandfather was killed in a duel in Paris by Auguste Marie Raymond, Prince d'Arenberg, Comte de la Marck.

[4] Several reputable sources, including the Dictionary of National Biography, describe him as the grandson of Sir William Burroughs, Advocate-General of Bengal.

They were preparing to assault the town - it is said with Burroughs leading the first wave of the Highland Brigade - but discovered next morning that the enemy had withdrawn during the previous night, so he missed his moment of potential glory.

Burroughs was also one of the first – if not the very first – through the breaches at the besieged town of Lucknow in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, for which he was recommended by the men of his Regiment for a Victoria Cross, although due to internal military politics this was not awarded.

From 1870 to 1883, there were a large number of improvements; the building of Trumland pier, island schools, a public market, the first steamship service, a post office, and the first resident doctor.

Thomson's book The Little General and The Rousay Crofters (ISBN 9780859765312) However, there is significant evidence that the two men who were evicted were not legal tenants of Traill and had both refused legal tenancies when offered, furthermore when the crofters were unable to make their own way to Mainland Orkney to give evidence at the Commission General Traill-Burroughs had them taken on his own boat to enable them to raise their grievances.