Sir George William Hacket Pain | |
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| Born | 5 February 1855 |
| Died | 14 February 1924 (aged 69) Osborne House, Isle of Wight |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom, Ulster |
| Service | British Army, Ulster Volunteers (1913–1914) |
| Years of service | 1875-1912, 1914-1919 |
| Rank | Brigadier-General |
| Unit | 36th (Ulster) Division |
| Commands | 108th Infantry Brigade; Northern district of Ireland |
| Battles / wars | Mahdist War, Second Boer War, First World War, Irish War of Independence |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE), Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB), Order of Medjidie 3rd class, Order of Osminieh 3rd class |
| Other work | RIC Commander, MP for South Londonderry |
Brigadier-General Sir George William Hacket Pain, KBE, CB (5 February 1855 – 14 February 1924) was a British Army officer and Royal Irish Constabulary commissioner. He played a key part in setting up the Ulster Volunteers as a unionist militia during the Home Rule crisis of 1912, and was believed to have organised gun-running. At the outbreak of the First World War he served in command of a Brigade of the Ulster Division and commanding British forces in the north of Ireland. He served briefly as a Unionist Member of Parliament.