Brigadier-General Malcolm Orme Little, CB, CBE (29 November 1857 – 1 February 1931) was a cavalry officer in the British Army and champion polo player.

[9] Little remained with the 9th Lancers for the rest of the century: he was promoted to lieutenant on 25 February 1880,[10] to captain on 20 October 1886,[11] to Major on 5 September 1894,[12] and to lieutenant-colonel (and to command of the regiment) on 15 March 1900.

[22] He was again mentioned in a despatch on 23 June 1902, this time by Lord Kitchener, who wrote that Little had "proved himself as a capable leader of mounted troops in the field.

[25] On 24 June 1904, as part of Edward VII's Birthday Honours, he was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).

[26] He was recalled to active service on 4 May 1905 as a Staff Officer for Imperial Yeomanry and was promoted to the substantive rank of colonel.

[31] In April 1916, the brigade joined the 1st Mounted Division in East Anglia[32] but by July it had left for the Morpeth, Northumberland area.

[35] On 13 June 1917 he relinquished his command,[36] and retired for the third and final time and was granted the honorary rank of brigadier-general in August 1917.