Field Marshal Sir George Stuart White, VC, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO (6 July 1835 – 24 June 1912) was an officer of the British Army.

[7] He was 44 years old when the following deeds took place in Afghanistan for which he was awarded the VC: For conspicuous bravery during the engagement at Charasiah on 6 October 1879, when, finding that the artillery and rifle fire failed to dislodge the enemy from a fortified hill which it was necessary to capture, Major White led an attack upon it in person.

Advancing with two companies of his regiment; and climbing from one steep ledge to another, he came upon a body of the enemy, strongly posted, and outnumbering his force by about 8 to 1.

[9] Appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in February 1881 and promoted to lieutenant colonel on 2 March,[10] White was briefly Military Secretary to the Viceroy and Governor-General of India before being given command of the 2nd Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders in October that year.

[18][19] Promoted to the substantive rank of major general on 1 July 1887,[20] he was given command of Quetta District in April 1889 and led operations in the Zhob Valley and in Balochistan.

[28] White became commander of the forces in Natal in September 1899[29] at the opening of the Second Boer War and fought at the Battle of Elandslaagte in October 1899.

White responded "I hold Ladysmith for the Queen" and held out for another four months before the town was relieved in late February 1900.

[42] White was also honorary colonel of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion the Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry)[43] and, later, of the Gordon Highlanders.

Lady White was invested as a Companion of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India (CI) by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle on 6 March 1900.