Major Henry Herbert Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener TD DL (24 February 1919 – 16 December 2011), styled Viscount Broome from 1928 to 1937, was a British peer . He was unmarried, and when he died the title Earl Kitchener became extinct.
20-548: Lord Kitchener may refer to: Earl Kitchener , a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), senior British Army officer and colonial administrator Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener (1846–1937), brother of the 1st Earl Kitchener Henry Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener (1919–2011), grandson of
40-604: A closed list only. Within the Electoral Reform Society, the Earl Kitchener had also been a strong advocate for the use of the Meek system of PR-STV , which had been devised by his colleague, Brian Meek. Lord Kitchener had, in 1992 visited Australia to assist in a successful campaign for the entrenchment, as the result of a successful 1995 referendum, of a PR-STV electoral system for the legislature of
60-537: A hereditary peer, who had a right to sit and vote in the House of Lords - until that right was largely removed for such peers in 1999 - he had, with his friend and colleague, the late Earl Russell, spoken persuasively in the House in support of open list PR-STV for UK elections of Members of the European Parliament , when that House amended, on four separate occasions, a 1998 Lower House Bill that provided for
80-459: A perfectly sentient adult woman has no rights of inheritance whatsoever when it comes to a hereditary title" Instead, the title became extinct on her uncle's death because there were no male heirs. On 9 May 2012, Queen Elizabeth II issued a Royal Warrant of Precedence granting Lady Emma Fellowes the same rank and style as the daughter of an earl , as would have been due to her if her late father had survived his brother and therefore succeeded to
100-592: The Australian Capital Territory . He had earlier visited New Zealand , where he studied attitudes to the new MMP electoral system there, and what he regarded as a far superior approach to MMP, which was the Meek system of PR-STV that New Zealand has legislated for use as an option in municipal elections. Lord Kitchener was a qualified physicist. He spent most of his working life with ICI at Winnington , Cheshire . Lord Kitchener's interest in
120-499: The 2nd Earl Kitchener Lord Kitchener (calypsonian) (1922–2000), Calypso music singer born Aldwyn Roberts See also [ edit ] Lord Kitchener Wants You , a British Army recruitment poster in World War I I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet , a clothing boutique in 1960s London Kitchener (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
140-704: The County of Kent , was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . It was created in 1914 for the famous officer Field Marshal Herbert Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum . He had already been created Baron Kitchener of Khartoum , and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk , in 1898, Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum , and of the Vaal River in the Transvaal Colony , and of Aspall in
160-481: The County of Suffolk, in 1902, and was made Baron Denton , of Denton in the County of Kent, and Viscount Broome , of Broome in the County of Kent, at the same time he was granted the earldom. These titles were also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The barony of 1898 was created with normal remainder to the heirs male of his body. However, all the other titles (those of 1902 and 1914) were created with remainder to A third brother, Arthur Kitchener (also alive at
180-531: The Fellowes family changed its surname from Fellowes to Kitchener-Fellowes. She is also a great-great-niece of Herbert, 1st Earl Kitchener . Lord Fellowes publicly expressed his dissatisfaction that the proposals to change the rules of royal succession were not extended to hereditary peerages , which had they been would have allowed his wife to succeed her uncle as The Countess Kitchener in her own right. Or as he put it "I find it ridiculous that, in 2011,
200-572: The Queen issued a Royal Warrant of Precedence allowing Lady Fellowes to enjoy the same rank and title of the daughter of an earl, as if her late father had survived his brother and therefore succeeded to the title. The family seat was Westergate Wood , near Arundel , Sussex . Henry Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener He was educated at Sandroyd School in Wiltshire, Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge . He succeeded his grandfather in
220-465: The application of evidence-based research was demonstrated by his role of President and a Trustee of the Institute for Food, Brain and Behaviour (formerly Natural Justice) a UK charity conducting scientific research into the effects of nutrition on brain function and behaviour. Kitchener was associated with the charity for over 20 years serving under two chairmen, the late Bishop Hugh Montefiore and
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#1732792948615240-542: The earldom on 27 March 1937. The following month, he was a Page of Honour to King George VI at his coronation . Like his great-uncle before him, he was an English Freemason . He was initiated on 24 November 1947 in the Royal Somerset House & Inverness Lodge No 4 (London), and rose to senior rank, serving as Senior Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England . Henry Kitchener
260-639: The organisation as president and was replaced by Professor Tim Lang. However Earl Kitchener remained interested in the organic movement and regularly wrote and updated the organisation whenever a subject arose that he felt passionately about. Lord Kitchener served in the Royal Corps of Signals , retiring with the rank of major, and was President of the Lord Kitchener National Memorial Fund from 1950 until his death. In 1972, he served as Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire . He
280-500: The succeeding chairman, Mrs Frances Jackson. He took a keen, detailed, interest in IFBB's scientific work, interrogating scientists robustly at Board Meetings on the progress of their research and was a keen and perceptive reader of academic journal articles and papers. His niece Emma Joy Kitchener, LVO (2000) (born 1963), a Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Michael of Kent , married Julian Fellowes on 28 April 1990. On 15 October 1998
300-511: The third earl, had one daughter, Emma Kitchener (born 1963), who on the third earl's death became the first earl's heir general. She is a lady-in-waiting to Princess Michael of Kent and is married to the actor, screenwriter, film director and novelist Lord Fellowes . Fellowes publicly expressed his dissatisfaction that the proposals to change the rules of royal succession were not extended to peerages, which would have allowed his wife to succeed as 4th Countess on her uncle's death. On 9 May 2012
320-446: The time of the 1902 creation but deceased at the time of the 1914 creations), was not included in either special remainder. The first earl died unmarried and childless in 1916, which resulted in the extinction of the barony created in 1898. However, he was succeeded in the other titles under the special remainder by his elder brother, Colonel Henry Kitchener, as second earl. His only son, Henry, Viscount Broome, predeceased him, and so he
340-555: The title Lord Kitchener . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lord_Kitchener&oldid=1232261859 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Title and name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Earl Kitchener Earl Kitchener , of Khartoum and of Broome in
360-592: Was a Vice President of The Western Front Association. Lord Kitchener took his seat in the House of Lords in 1942 and made his maiden speech in 1983. Lord Kitchener, who had been a member of the Council of the UK's Electoral Reform Society , was a strong supporter of its advocacy of the electoral system that provided proportional representation using the Single Transferable Vote, known as PR-STV. As
380-601: Was also a committed supporter of the organic movement and took up a role with the charity Garden Organic (formerly the Henry Doubleday Research Association - HDRA). Having joined the charity's founder, Lawrence Hills' band of enthusiasts in July 1958, as member number 171, Henry Kitchener became its president in 1973, a position he was to occupy for the next thirty-five years. In 2008, during Garden Organic's 50th anniversary year, Earl Kitchener left
400-467: Was succeeded by his grandson, also Henry, Viscount Broome , as third earl. The third earl died unmarried and childless in 2011. His younger brother, the Hon. Charles Kitchener, had died in 1982, and the line of Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Kitchener had failed on the death of his younger son, Squadron Leader Henry Kitchener, in 1984. The titles therefore became extinct. The Hon. Charles Kitchener, brother of
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