Lord Kitchener

Spartacus Educational provides a biographical sketch of the Irish-born British field marshal and administrator Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916), who was referred to as First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome. Kitchener served in Palestine, Cyprus, the Sudan, and in the Boer War in southern Africa, India, and Egypt. Kitchener was appointed as the British Secretary of War during World War I. Spartacus Educational provides an overview of the highlights and disappointments of Kitchener's career as a soldier and administrator. A portrait of Kitchener is available.