Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener |The Earl Kitchener|
|Birth name||Horatio Herbert Kitchener| |Born||24 June 1850
Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland |Died||5 June 1916 HMS
Hampshire, sunk west of the Orkney Islands, Scotland |Years of
service||1871–1916| |Commands held||Mahdist War (1884–1899)
Second Boer War (1900–1902) Commander-in-Chief, India
(1902–1909) |Battles/wars||First World War| |Awards||Knight of
the Garter Knight of the Order of St Patrick Knight Grand Cross
of the Order of the Bath Member of the Order of Merit 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
Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire |Relations||Henry
Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener Sir Frederick Walter Kitchener
|Other work||British Consul-General in Egypt (1911–1914)
Secretary of State for War, United Kingdom (1914–1916) Field
Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, KG, KP,
GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, ADC, PC (24 June 1850 – 5