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  Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Viscount Kitchener - LoveToKnow 1911
HORATIO HERBERT KITCHENER, VISCOUNT KITCHENER (1850-), British field marshal, was the son of Lieut.-Colonel H. Kitchener and was born at Bally Longford, Co. Kerry, on the 24th of June 1850.
Kitchener's work was crowned and the power of the Mandists utterly destroyed by the victory of Omdurman (Sept. 2), for which he was raised to the peerage as Baron Kitchener of Khartoum, received the G.C.B., the thanks of parliament and a grant of £30,000.
In June 1902 the long and harassing war came to its close, and Kitchener was rewarded by advancement to the dignity of viscount, promotion to the substantive rank of general "for distinguished service," the thanks of parliament and a grant of 50,000.
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 Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener - Biocrawler
Kitchener rescued a substantial charitable fund which had been diverted into the pockets of the Khedive of Egypt, and put it to use improving the lives of the ordinary Sudanese.
In 1899 Kitchener was presented with a small island in the Nile at Aswan as in gratitude for his services; the island was renamed Kitchener's Island in his honour.
Kitchener was promoted to Field Marshal in 1910; however, largely due to a Curzon-inspired whispering campaign - he was turned down for the post of Viceroy of India in 1911.
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  Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kitchener was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry in Ireland, son of Henry Horatio Kitchener and Frances Anne Chevallier-Cole.
Kitchener rescued a substantial charitable fund which had been diverted into the pockets of the Khedive of Egypt, and put it to use improving the lives of the ordinary Sudanese.
Kitchener was promoted to Field Marshal in 1910; however, largely due to a Curzon-inspired whispering campaign, he was turned down for the post of Viceroy of India in 1911.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Earl Kitchener   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Earl Kitchener, of Khartoum and of Broome in the County of Kent, is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
It was bestowed in 1914 upon Field Marshal Horatio Kitchener, who had previously been created Baron Kitchener, of Khartoum and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk, in 1898 and Viscount Kitchener, of Khartoum and of the Vaal in the Colony of Transvaal and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk, in 1902.
Kitchener was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry in Ireland, son of Henry Horatio Kitchener and Frances Anne Chevallier-Cole.
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 Kitchener - MSN Encarta
Kitchener was born June 24, 1850, in Ballylongford, county Kerry, Ireland, and educated at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich.
Kitchener was appointed sirdar (commander in chief) of the Egyptian army in 1892.
Kitchener served as commander in chief of the British forces in India from 1902 to 1909, working to reorganize the army for the possibility of external aggression.
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 Roll of Honour - Kent - Chatham, Kitchener Memorial
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916), British soldier and statesman, known for his conquest of the Sudan and as a symbol of British fighting spirit in the early part of World War I. Kitchener was born June 24, 1850, in Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland, and educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Kitchener served as governor-general of the Eastern Sudan in north-east Africa from 1886 to 1888.
Kitchener was promoted to the rank of major general in 1896 and raised to the peerage as Baron Kitchener of Khartoum in 1898.
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 MSN Encarta - Kitchener
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916), British military officer and statesman, known for his conquest of the Sudan and as a symbol of British fighting spirit in the early part of World War I. Kitchener was born June 24, 1850, in Ballylongford, county Kerry, Ireland, and educated at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich.
Kitchener served as governor-general of the Eastern Sudan in northeast Africa from 1886 to 1888.
Kitchener was promoted to the rank of major general in 1896 and raised to the peerage as Baron Kitchener of Khartoum in 1898.
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 First World War.com - Who's Who - Horatio Herbert Kitchener
Kitchener was crated Viscount and sent to India as commander in chief of the British forces situated there, remaining in the position until 1909, when he was made Field Marshal.
Kitchener effectively oversaw war strategy for the first year and a half of the war; after the Mons battle in 1914 he travelled to Ypres to stiffen the weakening resolve of Sir John French, commander of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF).
Kitchener's involvement with the disastrous Dardanelles campaign led to a further tarnishing of his reputation among the cabinet.
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 Earl Kitchener - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Earl Kitchener, of Khartoum and of Broome in the County of Kent, is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
It was bestowed in 1914 upon Field Marshal Horatio Kitchener, who had previously been created Baron Kitchener, of Khartoum and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk, in 1898 and Viscount Kitchener, of Khartoum and of the Vaal in the Colony of Transvaal and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk, in 1902.
The titles Viscount Broome, of Broome in the County of Kent, and Baron Denton, of Denton in the County of Kent, were granted along with the Earldom.
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 Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Summary
In the summer of 1886 Kitchener was appointed governor general of the eastern Sudan with headquarters at Suakin; and in September 1888 he became adjustant general of the Egyptian army, directing the cavalry in the battle of Toski in August 1889, which removed the last threat of a Mahdist invasion of Egypt.
He was created Baron Kitchener, of Khartoum and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk, on 18 November 1898 as a victory title commemorating his successes, and began a programme restoring good governance to the Sudan.
Kitchener was promoted to the highest Army rank, Field Marshal, in 1910; however, largely due to a Curzon-inspired whispering campaign, he was turned down for the post of Viceroy of India in 1911.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
Kitchener was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry in Ireland, son of Lt.
Kitchener then returned to Egypt as British Agent and Consul-General in Egypt (the job formerly held by Sir Evelyn Baring, Lord Cromer) and of the so-called Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1911–1914, during the formal reign of Abbas Hilmi II as Khedive (nominally Ottoman Viceroy) of Egypt, Sovereign of Nubia, of the Sudan, of Kordofan and of Darfur).
Kitchener was created Earl Kitchener, of Khartoum and of Broome in the County of Kent, on 29 June 1914.
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 Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
He was made Baron Kitchener of Khartoum on 18th November 1898 for his successes, and began a program restoring good governance to the Sudan, with a strong foundation based on education, Gordon Memorial College being it's centrepiece, not simply for the children of the local elites, children from anywhere could apply to study.
In 1899 Kitchener was presented with a small island in the Nile at Aswan as a thank-you for his services; the island was renamed Kitchener's Island in his honour.
A week before his death Kitchener confided to Lord Derby that he intended to press relentlessly for a peace of reconcilliation regardless of his position when the war was over, as he feared that the politicians would make a bad peace.
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 The Melik Society | Earl Kitchener
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (born June 24, 1850; died June 5, 1916) was a British Field Marshal and statesman.
Following this, Kitchener was made C in C in India (1902-1909), where he reconstructed the badly disorganised Indian army — against the wishes of the bellicose viceroy George Nathaniel Curzon, who became a passionate and lifelong enemy.
Kitchener was promoted to Field Marshal in 1910; however, in 1911 — largely thanks to a Curzon-inspired whispering campaign — he was turned down for the post of Viceroy of India.
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 AllRefer.com - Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl[kich´unur, kich´nur] Pronunciation Key, 1850–1916, British field marshal and statesman.
In 1892 he was made commander in chief of the Egyptian army and in 1896 began the reconquest of Sudan, having prepared the way by a reorganization of the army and the construction of a railway along the Nile.
In 1899, Kitchener was appointed chief of staff to Lord Roberts in the South African War.
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 Horatio, Earl, County, Armee, Juni, starb Horatio Herbert Kitchener
Er war entscheidend an der Niederschlagung des Mahdi-Aufstands beteiligt (Schlacht von Omdurman 1898), was ihm einen Baronstitel (Lord Kitchener of Khartoum and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk, 1.
Nach dem Frieden von Vereeniging erhielt er den Titel eines Viscount (Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum and of the Vaal in the Colony of Transvaal, and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk, 11.
1914 wurde Kitchener zum Earl (Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome in the County of Kent, 27.
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 Kitchener of Khartoum, architect of disaster at Gallipoli
This order (which Kitchener later denied issuing) led to the famous Breaker Morant case, in which several Australian soldiers, including the celebrated horseman and bush poet Lt. Harry 'Breaker' Morant, were arrested and court-martialled for shooting Boer prisoners and civilians including children and also the murder of a German Missionary.
Kitcheners first and major mistake in the Gallipoli Campaign was in his appointment of Hamilton as the commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.
Kitchener of Khatoum (K of K) was killed when the ship that was taking him from UK to Russia hit a mine and sank.
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 BBC - History - Lord Kitchener of Khartoum (1850 - 1916)
Commissioned in the Royal Engineers, in 1886 Kitchener was appointed governor of the British Red Sea territories and subsequently became commander in chief of the Egyptian army in 1892.
When war broke out, Kitchener was on leave in England and reluctantly accepted an appointment to the cabinet as secretary of state for war.
In his recruitment of soldiers, planning of strategy and mobilisation of industry, Kitchener was handicapped by bureaucracy and his own dislike for teamwork and delegation.
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 Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In 1892 he was made commander in chief of the Egyptian army and in 1896 began the reconquest of Sudan, having prepared the way by a reorganization of the army and the construction of a railway along the Nile.
In 1899, Kitchener was appointed chief of staff to Lord Roberts in the South African War.
In 1916, Kitchener embarked on a mission to Russia to encourage that flagging ally to continued resistance.
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 AngloBoer.com - Lord Horatio Kitchener, War Criminal
Herbert Horatio Kitchener (1850–1916) was best known for his famous recruitment posters bearing his heavily moustachioed face and pointing hand over the legend, "Your country needs you".
In 1892 he was made commander in chief of the Egyptian army and in 1896 began the invasion of Sudan, having prepared the way by a reorganization of the army and the construction of a railway along the Nile.
In 1899, Kitchener was appointed chief of staff to Lord Roberts in the Anglo-Boer War.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Earl Kitchener
Earl Kitchener, of Khartoum and of Broome in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
He had previously been created Baron Kitchener of Khartoum, and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk, in 1898, and Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, and of the Vaal in the Colony of Transvaal and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk, in 1902.
Lord Kitchener died unmarried and childless and was succeeded according to the special remainder by his elder brother, the second Earl.
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 R.W.Bro. Yasha Beresiner - LORD KITCHENER: Active Soldier, Active Freemason
Kitchener’s brief was to train the native people whilst establishing an essential rail network with the impending nationalist revolt led by the Mahdi, Muhammad ibn Abdalla, very much in mind.
Kitchener did in fact become a joining member of the Star of the East Chapter, no 1355, in 1892 (which, founded in 1891 was only erased in 1966).
In November, Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum was almost simultaneously appointed Governor General of the Sudan and the first Right Worshipful District Grand Master of Egypt and the Sudan.
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 General   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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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 Royal Engineers Museum - Biography - Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome (1850-1916)
Herbert Horatio Kitchener was born in Ireland on 24 June 1850, the second son in a family of five children.
Kitchener had a meeting with the Prime Minister on that day advising him of his wish to return to Egypt, but adding that if forced to stay in London he would accept nothing less than full authority as Secretary of State for War.
Kitchener's first task was to put some life into a lethargic War Office and to obtain cabinet support for what many saw as extreme views on immediate military strategy.
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 Astrology of Horatio Herbert Kitchener with horoscope chart, quotes, biography, and images
This order - which Kitchener later denied issuing - led to the famous Breaker Morant case, in which several Australian soldiers, including the celebrated horseman and bush poet Lt. Harry "Breaker" Morant, were arrested and court-martialled for summarily executing Boer prisoners and civilians including children and Africans, and also the murder of a German missionary.
Following this, Kitchener was made Commander-in-Chief in India (1902–1909), where he reconstructed the greatly disorganised Indian army, against the wishes of the bellicose viceroy Lord Curzon, who became a passionate and lifelong enemy.
He was created Earl Kitchener, of Khartoum (of which he was already Baron) and of Broome in the County of Kent, on 29 June 1914.
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 Earl Kitchener of Khartoum
Earl Kitchener of Khartoum is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
It was bestowed in 1914 upon Field Marshal Horatio Kitchener, who had previously been created Baron Kitchener of Khartoum in 1898 and Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum in 1902.
The titles of Viscount Broome and Baron Denton were granted along with the Earldom.
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 LORD KITCHENER - ALDWYN ROBERTS
The Lord Kitchener referred to in the song and the man our Kitchener emulated and no doubt admired was officially the Lord Kitchener of (1850-1916) Khartoum.
Lord Kitchener of Khartoum was born Horatio Hubert Kitchener in Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland, in June 1850.
  Lord Kitchener was British Council General in Egypt and became an Earl in 1914.
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