Horatio Kitchener, 1st 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.

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The Right Honourable - KG - KP - GCB - OM - GCSI - GCMG - GCIE - ADC - PC - 24 June - 1850 - 5 June - 1916 - British Field Marshal

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Kitchener was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry in Ireland. Educated in Switzerland and at the Royal Military Academy, he offered to fight with the French in the Franco-Prussian War before he joined the Royal Engineers in 1871. He served in Palestine, Egypt, and Cyprus as a surveyor, learned Arabic, and prepared detailed topographical maps of the areas.

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County Kerry - Ireland - Switzerland - Royal Military Academy - French - Franco-Prussian War - 1871 - Palestine - Egypt - Cyprus - Arabic

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He later served as a Vice-Consul in Anatolia, and in 1884 as an Aide de Camp during the failed Gordon relief expedition in the Sudan. At this time his fiancee, and possibly the only love of his life, Hermione Baker, died of typhoid fever in Cairo.

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Anatolia - 1884 - Sudan - Typhoid fever

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