Earl Kitchener, of Khartoum

Khartoum

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 and of Broome

Broome

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 in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. The titles Viscount Broome, of Broome in the County of Kent, and Baron Denton, of Denton in the County of Kent, were granted along with the earldom. The titles were created in 1914 for the famous soldier Field Marshal

Field Marshal

Field Marshal is a military rank. Traditionally, it is the highest military rank in an army.-Etymology:The origin of the rank of field marshal dates to the early Middle Ages, originally meaning the keeper of the king's horses , from the time of the early Frankish kings.-Usage and hierarchical...

 Herbert Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum

Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, ADC, PC , was an Irish-born British Field Marshal and proconsul who won fame for his imperial campaigns and later played a central role in the early part of the First World War, although he died halfway...

. He had previously been created Baron Kitchener of Khartoum, and of Aspall

Aspall, Suffolk

Aspall is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 52. The village is about 15 miles north of Ipswich, and 12 miles south of Diss....

 in the County of Suffolk, in 1898, and Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, and of the Vaal in the Colony of Transvaal and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk, in 1902.

The barony of 1898 was created with normal remainder to the heirs male of his body. However, all the other titles (that of 1902 and 1914) were created with remainder to 1) the heirs male of his body, failing which to 2) his first daughter and the heirs male of her body, failing which to 3) his other daughters and the heirs male of their bodies, failing which to 4) his elder brother Henry Elliott Chevallier Kitchener and the heirs male of his body, failing which to 5) his younger brother Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Walter Kitchener (who was alive at the time of the 1902 creation but deceased at the time of the 1914 creations and the heirs male of his body, failing which to 6) his younger Brother Alexander Richard Kitchener and the heirs male of his body.

Lord Kitchener died unmarried and childless in 1916, which resulted in the extinction of the barony created in 1898. Regarding the other titles, he was succeeded by his elder brother, Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener

Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener

Colonel Henry Elliott Chevallier Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener , was a British soldier and peer.-Early life and career:...

 (1846–1937), according to the special remainder. The 2nd Earl was a Colonel

Colonel

Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...

 in the Army. At the present time the titles are held by his grandson, Henry Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener

Henry Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener

Major Henry Herbert Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener DL TD , styled Viscount Broome from 1928 to 1937, is a British peer. He is the son of Captain Henry Franklin Chevallier Kitchener, Viscount Broome, only son of Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener...

 (born 1919). He is the eldest son of Captain Henry Franklin Chevallier Kitchener, Viscount Broome (1878-1928), and has one younger and late brother, Hon. Charles Eaton Kitchener (1920-1982), and a sister, Lady Kenya Eleanor Kitchener (born 1923). Since Viscount Broome predeceased the 2nd Earl, the titles passed to his eldest son, who succeeded in 1937. The 3rd Earl has never been married, and although his younger brother was married, he produced only one daughter (Emma Joy Kitchener, born 1963, who is a lady-in-waiting

Lady-in-waiting

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 to Princess Michael of Kent

Princess Michael of Kent

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 and the wife of actor Julian Fellowes

Julian Fellowes

Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford, DL , known as Julian Fellowes, is an English actor, novelist, film director and screenwriter, as well as a Conservative peer.-Early life:...

), but no sons. There is no other male-offspring who is potentially eligible for succession of the titles: Viscount Broome had only one sister, Lady Nora Fanny Kitchener (1882-1919), and the 1st and 2nd Earls had two younger brothers and one elder sister, Arthur Buck Kitchener (1852-1907), Lt.-Gen. Sir Frederick Walter Kitchener (1858-1912) and Frances Emily Jane Kitchener (1848-1924), but without anymore of living heirs male of their body. Since the lack of a male heir, upon the death of the 3rd Earl the peerage will become extinct.

The family seat is Westergate Wood, near Arundel

Arundel

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, Sussex

Sussex

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.

Earls Kitchener (1914)

• Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
  Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
  Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, ADC, PC , was an Irish-born British Field Marshal and proconsul who won fame for his imperial campaigns and later played a central role in the early part of the First World War, although he died halfway...
  
   (1850–1916)
• Henry Elliott Chevallier Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener
  Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener
  Colonel Henry Elliott Chevallier Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener , was a British soldier and peer.-Early life and career:...
  
   (1846–1937)
  • Henry Franklin Chevallier Kitchener, Viscount Broome (1878-1928)
• Henry Herbert Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener
  Henry Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener
  Major Henry Herbert Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener DL TD , styled Viscount Broome from 1928 to 1937, is a British peer. He is the son of Captain Henry Franklin Chevallier Kitchener, Viscount Broome, only son of Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener...
  
  (b. 1919)