1173121 United Kingdom / Sudan / India: Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, ADC, PC (24 June 1850 - 5 June 1916), was an Irish-born British Field Marshal, patriot and arch imperialist by Leete, Alfred (1882-1933); (add.info.: Kitchener won fame in 1898 for winning the Battle of Omdurman and securing control of the Sudan, after which he was given the title \'Lord Kitchener of Khartoum; as Chief of Staff (1900-02) in the second Boer war he played a key role in Lord Roberts\' conquest of the Boer Republics, then succeeded Roberts as commander-in-chief - by which time Boer forces had taken to guerrilla fighting and British forces imprisoned Boer civilians in concentration camps. His term as Commander-in-Chief (1902-09) of the Army in India saw him quarrel with Viceroy Lord Curzon, who eventually resigned. Kitchener then returned to Egypt as British Agent and Consul-General (de facto Viceroy).); Pictures from History; British, out of copyright.