Henry Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener

Who was Henry Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener?

Major Henry Herbert Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener DL TD, styled Viscount Broome from 1928 to 1937, was a British peer. He was the son of Captain Henry Franklin Chevallier Kitchener, Viscount Broome, only son of Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener. His great-uncle was the renowned military commander Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener.

He was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge. He succeeded his grandfather in the earldom on 27 March 1937. In 1937, he was a Page of Honour to King George VI at his coronation. 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. Like his uncle before him, he was an English Freemason. He was a Vice President of The Western Front Association.

Lord Kitchener's interest in the application of evidence-based research was demonstrated by his role of President and a Trustee of the Institute for Food, Brain and Behaviour a UK charity conducting scientific research into the effects of nutrition on brain function and behaviour.