Lord Kitchener : Horatio Herbert (1850-1916), 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum: son of Lt-Colonel H.H. Kitchener: entered Royal Engineers 1871: Maj.-General 1896: commanded Egyptian Cavalry 1882-84: Governor of Suakim 1886-88: Sirdar of Egyptian Army 1890: raised to peerage with grant of £30,000: Chief of Staff of Forces in South Africa 1899-1900: Commander in Chief S. Africa 1900-02: Lt.-Gen. & General: received Viscountcy & grant of £50,000: Commander in Chief India 1902: serious controversy with Curzon on an important matter of military administration: the dispute was referred for settlement to the Secretary of State for India, who decided in Kitchener’s favour. After he left India in 1909 he was made Field Marshal. On the outbreak of World War I in August 1914 he was placed in charge of the War Office in England. He was drowned when the ship in which he was travelling to Russia was sunk by a mine. [Buckland]
... Notification on 29 September, the operation to become an accomplished fact on 16 October 1905. Curzon had been given a second term as Viceroy in 1904, but acute differences developed between him and Lord Kitchener the Commander-in-Chief, and on the secretary of State upholding Kitchner's point of view, Curzon resigned in a huff and was promptly succeeded by Lord Minto - but the partition had already been ...
... him a severe journalistic whipping for his misconduct. The Indu is extremely anxious, as a good moderate should be, for the safety of the British possessions in India; it has discovered that Lord Kitchener is Page 342 not a good general and is capable of nothing more heroic than digging up dead Mahdis, so it clamours for a better general who will defend the British Empire more efficiently ...
... that Lord Curzon would shortly leave India: he saw him looking across a blue sea. At that time there was no chance at all of Curzon's going back. But the prophecy came true. Curzon had a row with Lord Kitchener and had to leave very shortly afterwards. The spirit also said that there was a picture of Hanuman on the wall of the house of Deodhar, who was present at the sitting. Deodhar tried to remember ...
... devoted to painting and verse-composition respectively. As a chef, he was assisted by many sadhikas of the Ashram; sharing his gourmet with others, he called himself (after the then Viceroy): “Lord Kitchener, with many Lady Kitcheners.” Since his house was just across the street from the Dining Room, whenever anyone asked him where he resided, he would reply: “Khyber Pass”, which in Bengali means “just ...
... kind of writing what there was behind it 183 .... But the results did not satisfy him and after a few further attempts at Pondicherry he dropped 182. Lord Curzon had a quarrel with Lord Kitchener, the Commander-in- chief of the British Army in India, and had consequently to retire. 183. This practice was done in Calcutta. Page 142 these experiments altogether... ...
... that Lord Curzon would shortly leave India: he saw him looking across a blue sea. At that time there was no chance at all of Curzon's going back. But the prophecy came true. Curzon had a row with Lord Kitchener and had very shortly to leave India." But before he was chucked out of India, Lord Curzon had already put in motion forces that were to bring unexpected results. Results beyond anybody's imaginings ...
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