Coutts Trotter

Coutts Trotter FGS
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Born	1831
Died	1906
Residence	Bengal Civil Service 3 Richmond Gardens, Bournemouth [1881] 10 Randolf Crescent, Edinburgh [1883] 17 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh [1894] 10 Randolf Crescent, Edinburgh [1897]
Occupation	literary
Society Membership membership ordinary fellow left 1903 last listed elected_AI 1879.04.08 clubs Royal Societies Club Athenaeum Club societies Geological Society Royal Geographical Society Royal Scottish Geographical Society Hakluyt Society Royal Asiatic Society

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AI Council 1890 Member
AI Council 1891 Member
AI Council 1892 Member
AI Council 1893 Member
AI Council 1894 Member
AI Council 1895 Member
AI Council 1896 Member
AI Council 1897 Member
AI Council 1898 Member

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death noted in report of the council for 1906: Mr. Coutts Trotter was elected in 1879. In his extended travels he had gained a remarkably wide knowledge of the greater part of Polynesia and of New Guinea, and was the author of several papers published in the Institute's Journal.

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Born Edinburgh. Destined for East India Company but prevented by ill-health. Life mainly occupied in literary work. Travelled extensively in Polynesia and New Guinea. Author [PRM]

Below is perhaps father?
Thomas Coutts Trotter Esq., civil service, to Sophia Charlotte, eldest daughter of J.W. Templer Esq., civil service. Sep. 19 1840
Thomas Coutts Trotter (1816-1894) who is buried in our churchyard and served with the Bengal Civil Service.

Birth 10 Feb 1816 Glencorse, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Marriage 17 Oct 1837 Harriet Augusta SHAKESPEAR Marriage 19 Sep 1839 Patna, Bengal, India - Sophia Charlotte TEMPLER Marriage 19 Sep 1839 Dryden, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - Sophia Charlotte TEMPLER Death 15 Dec 1894 54 Park Street, Grosvenor Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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