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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. The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...


Lord Kitchener's Barony was granted with a remainder to his heirs male; since he died without issue, the title became extinct upon his death. The later titles, however, were created with a special remainder that allowed them to pass to his brother, which they did.


The family seat is Westergate Wood, near Arundel, Sussex. Arundel is a town in the South Downs of West Sussex in the south of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sussex is a traditional county in south-eastern England, corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ...


Earls Kitchener (1914)

There is no heir to the Earldom. Jump to: navigation, search 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Earl Kitchener The Right Honourable Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, ADC, PC (24 June 1850–5 June 1916) was a British Field Marshal and statesman. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...


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Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1630 words)
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.
MSN Encarta - Kitchener (367 words)
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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