General Sir Alexander Low KCB (June 1817 – 9 July 1904) was a British Army officer.
Low was commissioned as a cornet in the 4th Light Dragoons in October 1835.
[1] He was present at the Battle of Alma in September 1854 and commanded a squadron of the 4th Light Dragoons during the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854 during the Crimean War.
[1] Lieutenant Henry Adlington reported that Low exhibited during the charge: A fine figure of a man, weighing fifteen stone - a most gallant fellow - and perhaps the best cavalry officer in the service.
[1] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 21 June 1904,[2] just a few weeks before his death on 9 July 1904.