Thom's Irish Who's Who/White, Major Henry Herbert Ronald

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
3409427Thom's Irish Who's Who — White, Major Henry Herbert Ronald


WHITE, Major Henry Herbert Ronald, D.S.O. (1917), O.B.E. (1918) D.L., J.P. Co. Donegal (High Sheriff, 1912). Educ: Rugby; Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. 60th Rifles, 1898: served S. African War, 1901-2; Somaliland, 1903-4 (Adjutant 1st Mounted Corps); Adjutant 5th Batt. 60th Rifles, 1906-8; resigned commission, 1908; Adjutant 25th Batt. Royal Fusiliers, March 1915-Sept., 1915; served East Africa, May, 1915-March, 1917; South African Military Command, 1917-18; Nyasaland and Portugese East Africa, 1918; resigned, 1919. Recns.: fishing, shooting, hunting, polo, big game shooting; only son of late Major-Gen. Henry George White of Lough Eske Castle, Co. Donegal; b, 1879; m. 1906, Florence Geraldine, 6th dau. of late Sir John Arnott, 1st Bart., and has issue two sons. Res.: Lough Eske Castle, Co. Donegal. Clubs: Army and Navy; Royal Automobile.