Henry Dalrymple White

General Sir Henry Dalrymple White KCB (5 July 1820 – 27 March 1886) was a senior British Army officer.

Born the son of Vice-Admiral Sir John White,[1] White was commissioned into the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons and purchased a captaincy in his regiment in 1844.

[2] He became commanding officer of his regiment in May 1854 and led a squadron of his men at the Charge of the Heavy Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854.

[3] His helmet was pierced by a Russian sabre during the charge.

Following the death of his first wife, he married Alice Elizabeth Malcolm; they had two sons (Arthur Dalrymple White and Sir Godfrey Dalrymple-White).