William Trotter (born Brown)

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• Note: Changed name to Trotter - his wife's mother's family - when he inherited the Horton estate, from his wife's cousin John Trotter who died sp in 1856, (the fuller, and more accurate, story is in the text of the Royal Licence) by Royal Licence on 3rd December 1868 and then was granted an impartible quartering of Trotter and Brown but with a mark of distinction, the latter for his lifetime only. His children would have inherited these plus the Brown arms plus the Trotter arms from their mother. In Harleian Soc's Grantees of Arms 1687-1898. There is only one question on this heraldic inheritance. Did the Welbanks have any arms? If not, were the Trotter arms inheritable by Mary Welbank from her mother, Anne Trotter? In 1863 he was living at Wimbledon, Surrey and in 1870 he was at Penshurst, Kent, both according to Alumni Oxfordshireiensis for his sons.
• Occupation: 1st surv. s. of Horton Manor, Surrey. JP. Farmed 148 acres in 1881

William married Mary Elizabeth Welbank on 21 Aug 1834 in Bryanston Square St Mary, Westminster. . Mary (daughter of George Welbank and Anne Trotter) was born on 26 Mar 1812 in St James Place, London, England; was christened on 1 Apr 1813 in St James, Piccadilly, Westminster, Middlesex, England; died on 15 Feb 1885 in Horton Manor, Epsom, Surrey, England . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Henry Eden Trotter (born Brown) was born on 2 Jun 1844; died on 4 Jul 1922).

George married Margaret Balfour Margaret was born on 6 May 1766; died on 8 Feb 1854 in 7 Gloucester Place, Paddington, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]