Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

Details

Instance of

human

Born

24 June 1850

Died

5 June 1916

Conflict

Franco-Prussian War, Mahdist War, Battle of Ferkeh, Battle of Atbara, Battle of Omdurman, Second Boer War, Battle of Paardeberg, World War I

Place of birth

Ballylongford

Place of death

North Sea

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Horatio, Herbert

Family name

Kitchener

Father

Henry Horatio Kitchener

Mother

Frances Anne Chevallier

Sibling

Frances Emily Jane Kitchener, Walter Kitchener

Occupation

politician, diplomat, engineer, military officer, director of land survey, army officer, general field marshal, minister

Position held

member of the House of Lords, Secretary of State for War, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, ambassador, defence minister

Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Religion

Anglicanism

Awards

Knight of the Legion of Honour, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, Order of the Garter, Livingstone Medal, Knight of St. Patrick, Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India, Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, 1st class, Order of the Medjidie, 2nd class, Order of the Medjidie

birth name

Horatio Herbert Kitchener

depicted by

Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850–1916), 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, Field Marshal, British Agent and Consul-General in Egypt

described by source

Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Dictionary of African Biography, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Dictionary of National Biography, third supplement, 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica, Africa: An Encyclopedic Reference

educated at

Royal Military Academy, Woolwich

end of work period

1875

has works in the collection

National Library of Scotland

honorific prefix

The Right Honourable

languages spoken, written or signed

Arabic, French, English

manner of death

accidental death, death in battle

military branch

British Army

military casualty classification

killed in action

military, police or special rank

field marshal, general

name in native language

Herbert Kitchener

noble title

count, Earl Kitchener, Viscount Broome, Baron Denton, Baron Kitchener of Khartoum, Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum

notable work

A trigonometrical survey of the island of Cyprus

start of work period

1871

topic's main category

Category:Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

work location

Khartoum, London, Cyprus

writing language

English

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