Horatio Herbert Kitchener

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British Army officer field marshal human imperial administrator politician

Horatio Herbert Kitchener was a prominent British field marshal and imperial administrator best known for his military campaigns in Sudan and South Africa and for serving as Secretary of State for War during the early years of World War I.

Aliases (6)

Herbert Kitchener ×3
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener ×3
Horatio Kitchener ×2
1st Earl Kitchener ×1
Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome ×1
Herbert Horatio Kitchener ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer → field marshal → human → imperial administrator → politician →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
awardReceived	Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath → Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order → Knight of the Garter → Order of Merit →
birthDate	1850-06-24 →
birthPlace	Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland →
burialPlace	lost at sea →
conflict	Franco-Prussian War → Mahdist War → Second Boer War → World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathCause	drowning → sinking of HMS Hampshire →
deathDate	1916-06-05 →
deathPlace	near Orkney Islands, Scotland →
education	Royal Military Academy, Woolwich →
familyName	Kitchener →
fullName	Horatio Herbert Kitchener →
givenName	Herbert → Horatio →
hasPartInMotto	Your Country Needs You →
honorificTitle	1st Earl Kitchener → Baron Kitchener of Khartoum → Viscount Broome →
ideology	British imperialism →
knownFor	appearance on British recruitment posters → military campaigns in Sudan → role in the Second Boer War → service as Secretary of State for War during World War I →
militaryBranch	British Army →
militaryRank	Field Marshal →
notableWork	Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan → Battle of Omdurman → British recruitment campaign in World War I → First World War → Kitchener Reforms in India → Second Boer War →
positionHeld	Commander-in-Chief, India → Consul-General in Egypt → High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan → Secretary of State for War of the United Kingdom → Sirdar of the Egyptian Army →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Boer Wars ("Herbert Kitchener") → British Indian Army → North-West Frontier campaigns ("Herbert Kitchener") → North-West Frontier campaigns ("Horatio Kitchener") →	notableCommander
Horatio Herbert Kitchener → Lord Kitchener ("Herbert Horatio Kitchener") →	fullName
Kitchener ("Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener") → Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army (1903–1909) ("Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener") →	namedAfter
Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army (1903–1909) ("Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener") →	hasCommander
Horatio Herbert Kitchener ("1st Earl Kitchener") →	honorificTitle
Lord Kitchener ("Herbert Kitchener") →	name
Lord Kitchener ("Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome") →	nobleTitle
Commander-in-Chief, India ("Horatio Kitchener") →	officeHolder
Fashoda Incident →	opposingCommander