Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

born in 1850 AD; died in 1916 AD (age ~66)


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Great Britain, on the other hand, grew reluctant about the work of the CRB. Lord Kitchener—hero of the Boer War and the face on the famous recruiting poster—and Winston Churchill, whom Hoover would always intensely dislike, led a military faction that regarded feeding Belgians as "a positive military disaster," since it released the Germans from that obligation. Churchill called the stubborn Hoover a "son of a bitch."

  • by David Burner
  • about Herbert Hoover, Committee for the Relief of Belgium, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Winston Churchill

    • Kitchener, according to Whitlock, offered Hoover the post of Minster of Munitions in 1916 (probably it was the post of technical director of production under the minister), contingent on his becoming a British citizen. Page conveyed the offer of British citizenship. Hoover refused.

  • by David Burner
  • about Herbert Hoover, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener