Several memoirs relating to Sir Henry Trollope have been published:

Marshall's Naval Memoirs, Volume 1, pages 145-153.
Ralfe's Naval Biography, Volume 2, pages 311- 335
and a memoir published by the Naval Chronicle, Volume 18: July-December 1807, pages 353 to 364.

George Barne Trollope's published memoir can be found in:
Marshall's Naval Memoirs, Volume 3, 306-313.

The Naval Chronicle, Marshall Naval Memoirs and Ralfe's Naval Biography are available on open access within the Caird Library.

Administrative / biographical background
Sir Henry Trollope (1756-1839) entered the navy in 1771 and spent the early part of his career on the North America station during the American War of Independence later accompanying Lord Darby’s fleet to the relief of Gibraltar. During the peace that followed, Trollope, now with the rank of commander, was able to retire to a country house in Carmarthenshire on his prize money. In 1795 he was appointed to the ‘Glatton’- a converted East Indiaman. His ship served with the North Sea fleet under Admiral Adam Duncan. A short fierce action with six French frigates, a cutter and a brig off Helvoetsluys in 1796 saved a large British Baltic convoy. Resolute action on the part of Trollope prevented the crew of ‘Glatton’ from joining the mutiny at the Nore during the following year, the ship rejoined Duncan’s forces at the Texel instead. Now in command of ‘Russell’, Trollope played a distinguished part in the battle of Camperdown 12 October 1797, and was knighted as a result. He reached flag rank in 1801 but his latter career was blighted by a dispute with Lord St Vincent and attacks of gout. Living a Freshford in Bath, following the death of his wife, he developed a morbid fear of burglary and shot himself in 1839. George Barne Trollope (d.1850) entered the Navy on 5 May 1790 as a first class volunteer under Henry Trollope, commanding the PRUDENTE during the Spanish armament. In 1792 Trollope was appointed to serve in the LION; then in the ARGO and later the TRIUMPH and took part in Admiral William Cornwallis’s retreat during 16 and 17 June 1795. Promoted to lieutenant on 13 December 1796 whilst still in the TRIUMPH he took part in the battle of Camperdown, when he was slightly wounded. He served in the NEPTUNE from 24 April 1798 and then the VESTAL on 28 January 1799. From January 1801 he served in PRINCESS ROYAL and remained in her until April 1802. He was first Lieutenant to Captain Lord Cochrane in the ARAB from 23 October 1803. He contracted yellow fever in the West Indies and was sent home in December 1804. He was appointed to command the bomb vessel HECLA on 22 January 1806 at Sheerness and later the ELECTRA on 1 March, serving first in the North Sea and then the Mediterranean. The ELECTRA was wrecked at the entrance to Port Augusta, between Syracuse and Messina, and Trollope was without a ship until December. He was given command of the ZEBRA at Woolwich for two months, on 1 February 1812 he moved to the GRIFFON. On 27 March 1812 Trollope and the ROSARIO pursued ten French brigs.