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 | | Kitchener (of Khartoum and of Broome), Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl, VISCOUNT BROOME OF BROOME, BARON DENTON OF DENTON, also called (from 1898) BARON KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM AND OF ASPALL, and (from 1902) VISCOUNT KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM, OF THE VAAL, AND OF ASPALL (b. |
 | | On returning to England after the British victory in the war, he was created Viscount Kitchener (July 1902) and was sent as commander in chief to India, where he reorganized the army in order to meet possible external aggression rather than internal rebellion, which previously had been the primary concern. |
 | | Kitchener, who was on leave in England and had just received an earldom and another viscountcy and barony (June 1914), reluctantly accepted an appointment to the cabinet as secretary of state for war and was promoted to field marshal. |
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