Henry Dalrymple White

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

Military career Born the son of Vice-Admiral Sir John White, White was commissioned into the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons and purchased a captaincy in his regiment in 1844. 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. His helmet was pierced by a Russian sabre during the charge. and as colonel of the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons from 1874 until his death in 1886.

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