Lady Eliza D'Oyly Burroughs

Lady

Eliza D'Oyly Burroughs
Lady; Eliza D'Oyly Burroughs
Born	9 May 1849
Died	1 February 1908 (aged 58)

Lady Eliza D'Oyly Traill-Burroughs (née Geddes, 9 May 1849 – 1 February 1908) was a British archaeologist.[1] She described the discovery of Taversöe Tuick chambered cairn on the island of Rousay, Orkney, Scotland in May 1898 in her journal, which was published and discussed in Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1985.[2][3]

The Taversöe Tuick Chambered Cairn which Lady Burroughs excavated and described

She was born in 1849 and was the daughter of Colonel William Geddes of the Bengal Horse Artillery and his wife Emma. She married Lt-General Sir Frederick Traill-Burroughs (1831-1905) on 4 June 1870. He had inherited an estate on Rousay, and built the house Trumland in whose grounds the excavation took place.[4]

Memorial stone in Kirkwall Cathedral

There is a memorial stone in St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, with the words "Erected in loving memory of Sir Frederick W. Traill-Burroughs ... Also to the memory of his wife Lady Eliza Doyly Traill Burroughs, his faithful companion through storm and sunshine ... Erected by her devoted niece Lady Sinclair of Dunbeath".

References

Scholma-Mason, Nela. "Lady Eliza D'Oyly Burroughs". TrowelBlazers. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
Reynolds, Diana (1987). "'How we found a tumulus' a story of the Orkney Islands - the journal of Lady Burroughs". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 115: 115–124. ISSN 2056-743X. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
Scholma-Mason, Nela M. A. (23 August 2021). "Eliza D'Oyly Traill Burroughs (1849–1908)". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 150: 279–299. doi:10.9750/PSAS.150.1317. ISSN 2056-743X.
Vibart, Henry Meredith (1912). "Burroughs, Frederick William" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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[trowel-1] Scholma-Mason, Nela. "Lady Eliza D'Oyly Burroughs". TrowelBlazers. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[reynolds-2] Reynolds, Diana (1987). "'How we found a tumulus' a story of the Orkney Islands - the journal of Lady Burroughs". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 115: 115–124. ISSN 2056-743X. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[3] Scholma-Mason, Nela M. A. (23 August 2021). "Eliza D'Oyly Traill Burroughs (1849–1908)". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 150: 279–299. doi:10.9750/PSAS.150.1317. ISSN 2056-743X.

[dnb-4] Vibart, Henry Meredith (1912). "Burroughs, Frederick William" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.