Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Denton of Denton, Baron • Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and of Aspall • Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, of the Vaal, and of Aspall • Viscount Broome of Broome, Baron Denton of Denton • Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome
Born	June 24, 1850 • Ireland
Died	June 5, 1916 (aged 65) • Atlantic Ocean • Scotland
Title / Office	governor-general (1898-1899), Anglo-Egyptian Condominium
Role In	Battle of Omdurman • Fashoda Incident • South African War • World War I

Kitchener was the first member of the military to be appointed as the British secretary of war.
Kitchener thought the monarch should be featured rather than him on recruitment posters, and so he insisted on "God Save the King" being printed on the posters.
A famous British recruitment poster during the war featured Kitchener pointing in the fashion later seen in Uncle Sam recruitment posters in the United States.