Sir Earl Field-Marshal Viscount Lord Horatio Kitchener KP KG OM GCB KStJ GCSI GCMG GCIE
(1850-1916)
soldier, statesman, British Army Lieutenant (1871-1883), British Army Captain (1883-1896), Companion of The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (1886-1894), Companion of the Order of the Bath (1889-1896), Knight Commander of The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (1894-1900), British Army Major General (1896-1899), Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (1896-1898), Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (from 1898), 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum (1898-1902), British Army Lieutenant General (1899-1902), Knight Grand Cross Order of St Michael and St George (from 1900), Order of Merit recipient (from 1902), British Army General (1902-1909), 1st Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, of the Vaal in the Colony of the Transvaal and of Aspall (1902-1914), Knight Grand Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (from 1908), Field-Marshal (from 1909), Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India (from 1909), Knight of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (from 1910), Knight of the Order of St Patrick (from 1911), 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome (from 1914), Viscount Broome (from 1914), Baron Denton (from 1914), and 853rd Knight of the Order of the Garter (from 1915)
Died aged c. 66
Wikidata WikipediaHoratio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC (/ˈkɪtʃɪnər/; 24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a senior British Army officer and colonial administrator. Kitchener came to prominence for his imperial campaigns, his scorched earth policy against the Boers, his expansion of Lord Roberts' concentration camps during the Second Boer War and his central role in the early part of the First World War. Kitchener was credited in 1898 for having won the Battle of Omdurman and securing control of the Sudan for which he was made Baron Kitchener of Khartoum. As Chief of Staff (1900–1902) in the Second Boer War he played a key role in Roberts' conquest of the Boer Republics, then succeeded Roberts as commander-in-chief – by which time Boer forces had taken to guerrilla fighting and British forces imprisoned Boer civilians in concentration camps. His term as Commander-in-Chief (1902–1909) of the Army in India saw him quarrel with another eminent proconsul, the Viceroy Lord Curzon, who eventually resigned. Kitchener then returned to Egypt as British Agent and Consul-General (de facto administrator). In 1914, at the start of the First World War, Kitchener became Secretary of State for War, a Cabinet Minister. One of the few to foresee a long war, lasting for at least three years, and also having the authority to act effectively on that perception, he organised the largest volunteer army that Britain had seen, and oversaw a significant expansion of materiel production to fight on the Western Front. Despite having warned of the difficulty of provisioning for a long war, he was blamed for the shortage of shells in the spring of 1915 – one of the events leading to the formation of a coalition government – and stripped of his control over munitions and strategy. On 5 June 1916, Kitchener was making his way to Russia on HMS Hampshire to attend negotiations with Tsar Nicholas II when in bad weather the ship struck a German mine 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Orkney, Scotland, and sank. Kitchener was among 737 who died.
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Commemorated on 2 plaques
Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, KG (1850-1916) lived here 1914-1915
2 Carlton Gardens, Westminster, SW1, London, United Kingdom where they lived (1914-1915)
1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916) Soldier and Statesman lived here 1911-1916
Broome Park, Canterbury Road, Barham, Canterbury, United Kingdom where they lived