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Malcolm Orme Little

March 19, 2023

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. He commanded a cavalry brigade in the Second Boer War and a yeomanry brigade in the First World War.

Brigadier-General

Malcolm Orme Little

CB CBE
Born(1857-11-29)29 November 1857
Paddington, Middlesex, England
Died1 February 1931(1931-02-01) (aged 73)
AllegianceBritish Crown
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1877–1917
RankBrigadier-General
Unit9th Queen's Royal Lancers
Commands held9th Queen's Royal Lancers
3rd Cavalry Brigade
2/1st Welsh Border Mounted Brigade
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
World War I
Spouse(s)Iris Hermione Brassey
ChildrenMalcolm Archibald Albert Little
RelationsGeneral Sir Archibald Little, KCB (father)

Early life

Malcolm Orme Little was born on 29 November 1857[1] at Sussex Square, Hyde Park Gardens, Paddington, Middlesex, England, he was the second son of General Sir Archibald Little, KCB and his wife Jane (née Orme).[2]

Military career

He obtained his first commission as an infantry second-lieutenant in the Royal North Gloucester Militia[a] on 26 September 1877.[4] On 11 May 1878, he obtained a regular commission as a Second Lieutenant in the 17th Lancers[1] after graduating from the Royal Military College. He had been an Honorary Queen's Cadet.[5] On the same date, he resigned his Militia Commission.[6] On 19 October 1878, he transferred to the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers,[7] his father's regiment.[8] On the same date, the 9th Lancers departed Sialkot, India to take part in the Second Anglo-Afghan War.[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.[13] By this time, the 9th Lancers were on active service in the Second Boer War.[14] The regiment formed part of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade[14] and took part in the battles of Modder River (28 November 1899) and Magersfontein (10-11 December 1899), Relief of Kimberley and Battle of Paardeberg.[8] He was mentioned in despatches from Lord Methuen dated 15 February 1900[15] and Lord Roberts dated 31 March 1900.[16] Little took over command of the brigade[17] and was promoted to the local rank of brigadier-general in South Africa on 10 July 1900.[18][b] He was awarded a Brevet Colonelcy on 29 November 1900[20] and his local rank was confirmed on 8 April 1902,[21][c] when he took command of another brigade (possibly the Australian Brigade), which moved to Aberfeldy in the Orange River Colony.[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."[23] The war ended with the Peace of Vereeniging in late May 1902, and Little left Cape Town the following month arriving at Southampton in late July.[24]

After four years in command of the 9th Lancers, and having served the normal period in command, Little was retired on half-pay – for the first time – on 15 March 1904.[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.[27] He retired for the second time on 17 October 1908.[28]

With the outbreak of the First World War, Colonel Little was once again recalled to active service. On 18 September 1914 he was temporarily appointed as an Inspector of Remounts.[29] On 20 January 1915, he was appointed as brigade commander,[30] of the second line yeomanry 2/1st Welsh Border Mounted Brigade under the command of the 63rd (2nd Northumbrian) Division in the Newcastle area of Northumberland.[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.[33][d] At this time he was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier-general.[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.[37]

Polo

Little won the International Polo Cup in 1886 for Britain alongside John Henry Watson, Captain Thomas Hone, and Captain the Hon. Richard Lawley, 4th Baron Wenlock.[38][39]

Personal life

Little married Iris Hermione Brassey[40] (10 November 1879[41] or 1880[42] – 6 August 1970), the daughter of Albert Brassey and the Hon. Matilda Maria Helena Bingham,[43] on 7 July 1903 at St George's, Hanover Square, Westminster, London.[2] He was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) later.[43] On 19 January 1923, Little was commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Warwick.[44]

Little's son, Malcolm Archibald Albert Little (1904–1944), was a colonel in the 9th Lancers, and a strong polo player. Another son, Ian Little, was a leading economist.

Death

Brigadier-General Malcolm Orme Little, CB, CBE died on 1 February 1931 at his home 'Dunsmore', Rugby, Warwickshire.[43]

Notes

  1. ^ The Royal North Gloucester became 4th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment on 1 July 1881 and was disbanded on 31 July 1908.[3]
  2. ^ 3rd Cavalry Brigade was one of just three cavalry brigades in the British Army in the Second Boer War.[19]
  3. ^ At this point, he was a lieutenant-colonel, a brevet colonel and local brigadier-general.
  4. ^ Becke shows the 2/1st Welsh Border Mounted Brigade commander as Br-Gen M.D. Little, but this is probably a typo.[31][34]

References

  1. ^ a b "Malcolm Orme Little". The National Archives. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Colonel Malcolm Orme Little". FamilySearch. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  3. ^ Frederick 1984, p. 100
  4. ^ "No. 24506". The London Gazette. 25 September 1877. p. 5368.
  5. ^ "No. 24580". The London Gazette. 10 May 1878. p. 2986.
  6. ^ "No. 24593". The London Gazette. 14 June 1878. p. 3614.
  7. ^ "No. 24634". The London Gazette. 18 October 1878. p. 5609.
  8. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ^ Hanwell 1949, p. 20 [1]
  10. ^ "No. 24820". The London Gazette. 5 March 1880. p. 1906.,
  11. ^ "No. 25640". The London Gazette. 5 November 1886. p. 5326.
  12. ^ "No. 26548". The London Gazette. 4 September 1894. p. 5143.
  13. ^ "No. 27174". The London Gazette. 16 March 1900. p. 1791.
  14. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. ^ "No. 27174". The London Gazette. 16 March 1900. pp. 1785–1787.
  16. ^ "No. 27282". The London Gazette. 8 February 1901. p. 846.
  17. ^ Hanwell 1949, p. 29 [2]
  18. ^ "No. 27264". The London Gazette. 8 January 1901. p. 161.
  19. ^ Clarke 1993, p. 55
  20. ^ "No. 27306". The London Gazette. 19 April 1901. p. 2704.
  21. ^ "No. 27441". The London Gazette. 10 June 1902. p. 3753.
  22. ^ "No. 27455". The London Gazette. 18 July 1902. p. 4591.
  23. ^ "No. 27459". The London Gazette. 29 July 1902. pp. 4835–4837.
  24. ^ "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home". The Times. No. 36821. London. 16 July 1902. p. 11.
  25. ^ "No. 27657". The London Gazette. 15 March 1904. p. 1692.
  26. ^ "No. 27688". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 June 1904. p. 4008.
  27. ^ "No. 27822". The London Gazette. 28 July 1905. p. 5223.
  28. ^ "No. 28186". The London Gazette. 16 October 1908. p. 7472.
  29. ^ "No. 28907". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 September 1914. p. 7463.
  30. ^ "No. 29058". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 February 1915. p. 1171.
  31. ^ a b Becke 1937, p. 51
  32. ^ Becke 1936, p. 6
  33. ^ James 1978, pp. 17, 27
  34. ^ Becke 1936, p. 2
  35. ^ "No. 29627". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 June 1916. p. 6054.
  36. ^ "No. 30155". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 June 1917. p. 6384.
  37. ^ "No. 30217". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 August 1917. p. 7980.
  38. ^ Thomas F. Dale (1905). Polo Past and Present. Offices of Country Life. p. 105. Captain (now Colonel) Malcolm Little of the 9th Lancers ...
  39. ^ Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in Britain: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2012, p. 33
  40. ^ "Iris Hermione Brassey in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915". Ancestry.com. 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  41. ^ "Iris Little in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007". Ancestry.com. 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  42. ^ "Iris H Little". Ancestry.com. 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  43. ^ a b c Lundy, Darryl (5 July 2005). "Person Page - 14988". The Peerage. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  44. ^ "No. 32790". The London Gazette. 26 January 1923. p. 617.

Bibliography

  • Becke, Major A.F. (1936). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2A. The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56). London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. ISBN 1-871167-12-4.
  • Becke, Major A.F. (1937). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2B. The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th) with The Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. ISBN 1-871167-00-0.
  • Clarke, W.G. (1993). Horse Gunners: The Royal Horse Artillery, 200 Years of Panache and Professionalism. Woolwich: The Royal Artillery Institution. ISBN 09520762-0-9.
  • Frederick, J.B.M. (1984). Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978. Wakefield, Yorkshire: Microform Academic Publishers. ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
  • Hanwell, Major W. (1949). A Short History of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, 1715-1949. Aldershot: Gale & Polden.
  • James, Brigadier E.A. (1978). British Regiments 1914–18. London: Samson Books Limited. ISBN 0-906304-03-2.

March 19, 2023
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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 He commanded a cavalry brigade in the Second Boer War and a yeomanry brigade in the First World War Brigadier GeneralMalcolm Orme LittleCB CBEBorn 1857 11 29 29 November 1857Paddington Middlesex EnglandDied1 February 1931 1931 02 01 aged 73 AllegianceBritish CrownService wbr branch British ArmyYears of service1877 1917RankBrigadier GeneralUnit9th Queen s Royal LancersCommands held9th Queen s Royal Lancers3rd Cavalry Brigade2 1st Welsh Border Mounted BrigadeBattles warsSecond Boer WarWorld War ISpouse s Iris Hermione BrasseyChildrenMalcolm Archibald Albert LittleRelationsGeneral Sir Archibald Little KCB father Contents 1 Early life 2 Military career 3 Polo 4 Personal life 5 Death 6 Notes 7 References 8 BibliographyEarly life EditMalcolm Orme Little was born on 29 November 1857 1 at Sussex Square Hyde Park Gardens Paddington Middlesex England he was the second son of General Sir Archibald Little KCB and his wife Jane nee Orme 2 Military career EditHe obtained his first commission as an infantry second lieutenant in the Royal North Gloucester Militia a on 26 September 1877 4 On 11 May 1878 he obtained a regular commission as a Second Lieutenant in the 17th Lancers 1 after graduating from the Royal Military College He had been an Honorary Queen s Cadet 5 On the same date he resigned his Militia Commission 6 On 19 October 1878 he transferred to the 9th Queen s Royal Lancers 7 his father s regiment 8 On the same date the 9th Lancers departed Sialkot India to take part in the Second Anglo Afghan War 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 13 By this time the 9th Lancers were on active service in the Second Boer War 14 The regiment formed part of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade 14 and took part in the battles of Modder River 28 November 1899 and Magersfontein 10 11 December 1899 Relief of Kimberley and Battle of Paardeberg 8 He was mentioned in despatches from Lord Methuen dated 15 February 1900 15 and Lord Roberts dated 31 March 1900 16 Little took over command of the brigade 17 and was promoted to the local rank of brigadier general in South Africa on 10 July 1900 18 b He was awarded a Brevet Colonelcy on 29 November 1900 20 and his local rank was confirmed on 8 April 1902 21 c when he took command of another brigade possibly the Australian Brigade which moved to Aberfeldy in the Orange River Colony 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 23 The war ended with the Peace of Vereeniging in late May 1902 and Little left Cape Town the following month arriving at Southampton in late July 24 After four years in command of the 9th Lancers and having served the normal period in command Little was retired on half pay for the first time on 15 March 1904 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 27 He retired for the second time on 17 October 1908 28 With the outbreak of the First World War Colonel Little was once again recalled to active service On 18 September 1914 he was temporarily appointed as an Inspector of Remounts 29 On 20 January 1915 he was appointed as brigade commander 30 of the second line yeomanry 2 1st Welsh Border Mounted Brigade under the command of the 63rd 2nd Northumbrian Division in the Newcastle area of Northumberland 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 33 d At this time he was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general 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 37 Polo EditLittle won the International Polo Cup in 1886 for Britain alongside John Henry Watson Captain Thomas Hone and Captain the Hon Richard Lawley 4th Baron Wenlock 38 39 Personal life EditLittle married Iris Hermione Brassey 40 10 November 1879 41 or 1880 42 6 August 1970 the daughter of Albert Brassey and the Hon Matilda Maria Helena Bingham 43 on 7 July 1903 at St George s Hanover Square Westminster London 2 He was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE later 43 On 19 January 1923 Little was commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Warwick 44 Little s son Malcolm Archibald Albert Little 1904 1944 was a colonel in the 9th Lancers and a strong polo player Another son Ian Little was a leading economist Death EditBrigadier General Malcolm Orme Little CB CBE died on 1 February 1931 at his home Dunsmore Rugby Warwickshire 43 Notes Edit The Royal North Gloucester became 4th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment on 1 July 1881 and was disbanded on 31 July 1908 3 3rd Cavalry Brigade was one of just three cavalry brigades in the British Army in the Second Boer War 19 At this point he was a lieutenant colonel a brevet colonel and local brigadier general Becke shows the 2 1st Welsh Border Mounted Brigade commander as Br Gen M D Little but this is probably a typo 31 34 References Edit a b Malcolm Orme Little The National Archives Retrieved 20 February 2014 a b Colonel Malcolm Orme Little FamilySearch 7 September 2010 Retrieved 20 February 2014 Frederick 1984 p 100 No 24506 The London Gazette 25 September 1877 p 5368 No 24580 The London Gazette 10 May 1878 p 2986 No 24593 The London Gazette 14 June 1878 p 3614 No 24634 The London Gazette 18 October 1878 p 5609 a b 9th Queen s Royal Lancers at regiments org by T F Mills Archived from the original on 9 June 2007 Retrieved 22 February 2014 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Hanwell 1949 p 20 1 No 24820 The London Gazette 5 March 1880 p 1906 No 25640 The London Gazette 5 November 1886 p 5326 No 26548 The London Gazette 4 September 1894 p 5143 No 27174 The London Gazette 16 March 1900 p 1791 a b 9th Queen s Royal Lancers 1715 1960 at regiments org by T F Mills Archived from the original on 15 July 2007 Retrieved 22 February 2014 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link No 27174 The London Gazette 16 March 1900 pp 1785 1787 No 27282 The London Gazette 8 February 1901 p 846 Hanwell 1949 p 29 2 No 27264 The London Gazette 8 January 1901 p 161 Clarke 1993 p 55 No 27306 The London Gazette 19 April 1901 p 2704 No 27441 The London Gazette 10 June 1902 p 3753 No 27455 The London Gazette 18 July 1902 p 4591 No 27459 The London Gazette 29 July 1902 pp 4835 4837 The Army in South Africa Troops returning home The Times No 36821 London 16 July 1902 p 11 No 27657 The London Gazette 15 March 1904 p 1692 No 27688 The London Gazette Supplement 24 June 1904 p 4008 No 27822 The London Gazette 28 July 1905 p 5223 No 28186 The London Gazette 16 October 1908 p 7472 No 28907 The London Gazette Supplement 18 September 1914 p 7463 No 29058 The London Gazette Supplement 2 February 1915 p 1171 a b Becke 1937 p 51 Becke 1936 p 6 James 1978 pp 17 27 Becke 1936 p 2 No 29627 The London Gazette Supplement 19 June 1916 p 6054 No 30155 The London Gazette Supplement 28 June 1917 p 6384 No 30217 The London Gazette Supplement 3 August 1917 p 7980 Thomas F Dale 1905 Polo Past and Present Offices of Country Life p 105 Captain now Colonel Malcolm Little of the 9th Lancers Horace A Laffaye Polo in Britain A History Jefferson North Carolina McFarland amp Co 2012 p 33 Iris Hermione Brassey in the England amp Wales Civil Registration Birth Index 1837 1915 Ancestry com 2006 Retrieved 23 May 2020 Iris Little in the England amp Wales Civil Registration Death Index 1916 2007 Ancestry com 2007 Retrieved 23 May 2020 Iris H Little Ancestry com 2018 Retrieved 23 May 2020 a b c Lundy Darryl 5 July 2005 Person Page 14988 The Peerage Retrieved 20 February 2014 No 32790 The London Gazette 26 January 1923 p 617 Bibliography EditBecke Major A F 1936 Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2A The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st Line Territorial Force Divisions 42 56 London His Majesty s Stationery Office ISBN 1 871167 12 4 Becke Major A F 1937 Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2B The 2nd Line Territorial Force Divisions 57th 69th with The Home Service Divisions 71st 73rd and 74th and 75th Divisions London His Majesty s Stationery Office ISBN 1 871167 00 0 Clarke W G 1993 Horse Gunners The Royal Horse Artillery 200 Years of Panache and Professionalism Woolwich The Royal Artillery Institution ISBN 09520762 0 9 Frederick J B M 1984 Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660 1978 Wakefield Yorkshire Microform Academic Publishers ISBN 1 85117 009 X Hanwell Major W 1949 A Short History of the 9th Queen s Royal Lancers 1715 1949 Aldershot Gale amp Polden James Brigadier E A 1978 British Regiments 1914 18 London Samson Books Limited ISBN 0 906304 03 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Malcolm Orme Little amp oldid 1118872703, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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