Henry Trotter (Indian Army officer)

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry Trotter, KCMG, CB (30 August 1841[1] – 25 September 1919[2][3]) was a British Indian Army officer in the Royal Engineers, an author, and an explorer of Central Asia.

Trotter attended Addiscombe Military Seminary from 1858 to 1860, and was awarded his commission in the Royal Engineers, Bengal on 8 June 1860.

Among the other Indian Army officers were Thomas E. Gordon, John Biddulph, Henry Bellew, Ferdinand Stoliczka and R. A. Champman.

[6] From 1882 to 1889 he served as military attaché at Constantinople, following which he became British consul-general in Syria, based in Beirut.

[1] In 1906, Trotter retired from public service and in 1907, he began to work with the Central Asian Society.