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| Earldom of Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome | |
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| Creation date | 27 Jul 1914 |
| Created by | King George V |
| Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| First holder | Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener |
| Last holder | Henry Herbert Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener |
| Remainder to | Special remainder (see main text) |
| Subsidiary titles | Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum |
| Status | Extinct |
| Extinction date | 16 December 2011 |
| Seat | Westergate Wood |
| Motto | THOROUGH |
Earl Kitchener, ofKhartoum and ofBroome in the County ofKent, was a title in thePeerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1914 for the famous officerField MarshalHerbert Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum.[1][kt 1] He had already been createdBaron Kitchener of Khartoum, and ofAspall in the County ofSuffolk, in 1898,[2]Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, and of theVaal River in theTransvaal Colony, and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk, in 1902,[3] and was madeBaron Denton, ofDenton in the County of Kent, andViscount 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 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.[4] 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 was succeeded by his grandson, alsoHenry, 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 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 alady-in-waiting toPrincess Michael of Kent and is married to the actor, screenwriter, film director and novelistLord Fellowes. Fellowes publicly expressed his dissatisfaction that theproposals 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.[5] On 9 May 2012 the Queen issued aRoyal 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.[6]
The family seat wasWestergate Wood, nearArundel,Sussex.