General Sir Robert White KCB (21 February 1827 – 17 September 1902) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Eastern District.

White was commissioned into the 17th Light Dragoons on 15 October 1847,[1] and was promoted to lieutenant the following year.

Promoted to captain in 1852,[2] he fought and was severely wounded at the Battle of Alma in September 1854 during the Crimean War.

[3] He was also badly wounded at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854, when he had his horse shot under him.

[8] White died at Aghavoe, Queen's County, Ireland on 17 September 1902, after nearly a year's illness.