13 Facts About Frederick Traill-Burroughs

Frederick Traill-Burroughs was born in British India, fought in Crimea at the Battle of Alma, at the siege town of Lucknow in India and in the North West Frontier.

Frederick Traill-Burroughs died in London and is buried there in Brompton Cemetery.

Frederick Traill-Burroughs was the grandson of Sir William Burroughs of Castle Bagshaw.

However, Traill-Burroughs was born 16 years after the death of Sir William's only son.

Frederick Traill-Burroughs served throughout the Crimean War with his regiment, fighting at the Battle of Alma and the Battle of Balaclava where the 93rd were part of The Thin Red Line.

Frederick Traill-Burroughs returned home with the regiment in 1870 and after a spell in command at Edinburgh Castle he eventually retired from the command of the 93rd Highlanders in October 1873, being replaced by Colonel William McBean VC.

Frederick Traill-Burroughs was promoted to major general on 16 March 1880 and lieutenant-general on 1 July 1881.

Frederick Traill-Burroughs had inherited much of the island and gradually bought more of it.

Frederick Traill-Burroughs built a large house at Trumland, designed by David Bryce of Edinburgh.

Frederick Traill-Burroughs was known locally as 'the little general' as he was a man of short stature and the poet Edwin Muir recalled in a memoir of his childhood seeing the little general walking around his estates.

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 Frederick Traill-Burroughs had them taken on his own boat to enable them to raise their grievances.

Frederick Traill-Burroughs died in London on 9 April 1905, and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.

Frederick Traill-Burroughs married Eliza D'Oyly Geddes, youngest daughter of Col.