Remarks:
 ' According to his niece, the family surname may have been of French origin, deriving from ‘Laterre’.9 
  This French connection may explain his unusual first name. ' 
  
 References: 
  Baillie, E.C.C., A Memoir of General Latter. London: James Nisbet & Co, 1870. ( p. 15.) 
  
 Captain Barré Latter and British Engagement with Sikkim during the 1814-1816 Nepal War by John Bray