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In a display of patriotic fervour at the onset of the First World War, Field Marshall [[Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916)]] was unanimously elected [[Rector]] of Edinburgh University.

The 1914 Rectorial Election was held two months after the start of the war. Following the death of [[Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845-1914)]], Rector since 1911, the political clubs at Edinburgh University had nominated candidates for a normal election fought on party political lines. When war broke out, however, both sides thought it inappropriate to

The political clubs

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 *[[Resignation of Rector Malcolm Muggeridge, 1968]]
 *[[Election of Gordon Brown as Rector, 1972]]
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 *[[Election of Sir Alexander Fleming as Rector, 1951]]
 *[[Resignation of Rector Malcolm Muggeridge, 1968]]
-*[[Election of Gordon Brown as Rector, 1972]]*
+*[[Election of Gordon Brown as Rector, 1972]]
 == Sources ==

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 == Related Events ==
 *[[First World War|The University and the First World War]]
 *[[First Female Senior President of Students' Representative Council, 1915]]
 *[[Admission of Women to Faculty of Medicine, 1916]]
 == Sources ==

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−	[[File:0102428c.jpg \| border \| 250 px \| right \| thumb \| Lord Kitchener on First World War recruitment poster by Alfred Leete, Edinburgh College of Art Library Image Collection~~]], [[Library\|Edinburgh University Library]] (La.II.229)~~]]In a display of patriotic fervour at the onset of the First World War, Field Marshall [[Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916)]] was unanimously elected [[Rector]] of Edinburgh University.	+	[[File:0102428c.jpg \| border \| 250 px \| right \| thumb \| Lord Kitchener on First World War recruitment poster by Alfred Leete, Edinburgh College of Art Library Image Collection]]In a display of patriotic fervour at the onset of the First World War, Field Marshall [[Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916)]] was unanimously elected [[Rector]] of Edinburgh University.

	The 1914 Rectorial Election was held two months after the start of the war. Following the death in March of [[Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845-1914)]], Rector since 1911, the political clubs at Edinburgh University had nominated candidates for an election to be fought, as usual, on party political lines. When war broke out, however, both Conservatives and Liberals thought the normal kind of adversarial election would be inappropriate. Both prospective candidates were persuaded to withdraw, and the two sides jointly nominated Field Marshal Kitchener, Secretary for War and the face of the British Army's recruitment campaign. A mass meeting was called and Kitchener was unanimously voted in.		The 1914 Rectorial Election was held two months after the start of the war. Following the death in March of [[Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845-1914)]], Rector since 1911, the political clubs at Edinburgh University had nominated candidates for an election to be fought, as usual, on party political lines. When war broke out, however, both Conservatives and Liberals thought the normal kind of adversarial election would be inappropriate. Both prospective candidates were persuaded to withdraw, and the two sides jointly nominated Field Marshal Kitchener, Secretary for War and the face of the British Army's recruitment campaign. A mass meeting was called and Kitchener was unanimously voted in.

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 == Related Events ==
-*[[The University and the First World War]]
+*[[First World War|The University and the First World War]]
 *[[First Female Senior President of Students' Representative Council, 1915]]
 *[[Admission of Women to Faculty of Medicine, 1916]]

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−	[[File:0102428c.jpg \| border \| ~~300~~ px \| right \| thumb \| Lord Kitchener on First World War recruitment poster by Alfred Leete, Edinburgh College of Art Library Image Collection]], [[Library\|Edinburgh University Library]] (La.II.229)]]In a display of patriotic fervour at the onset of the First World War, Field Marshall [[Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916)]] was unanimously elected [[Rector]] of Edinburgh University.	+	[[File:0102428c.jpg \| border \| 250 px \| right \| thumb \| Lord Kitchener on First World War recruitment poster by Alfred Leete, Edinburgh College of Art Library Image Collection]], [[Library\|Edinburgh University Library]] (La.II.229)]]In a display of patriotic fervour at the onset of the First World War, Field Marshall [[Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916)]] was unanimously elected [[Rector]] of Edinburgh University.

	The 1914 Rectorial Election was held two months after the start of the war. Following the death in March of [[Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845-1914)]], Rector since 1911, the political clubs at Edinburgh University had nominated candidates for an election to be fought, as usual, on party political lines. When war broke out, however, both Conservatives and Liberals thought the normal kind of adversarial election would be inappropriate. Both prospective candidates were persuaded to withdraw, and the two sides jointly nominated Field Marshal Kitchener, Secretary for War and the face of the British Army's recruitment campaign. A mass meeting was called and Kitchener was unanimously voted in.		The 1914 Rectorial Election was held two months after the start of the war. Following the death in March of [[Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845-1914)]], Rector since 1911, the political clubs at Edinburgh University had nominated candidates for an election to be fought, as usual, on party political lines. When war broke out, however, both Conservatives and Liberals thought the normal kind of adversarial election would be inappropriate. Both prospective candidates were persuaded to withdraw, and the two sides jointly nominated Field Marshal Kitchener, Secretary for War and the face of the British Army's recruitment campaign. A mass meeting was called and Kitchener was unanimously voted in.

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	Kitchener was never installed as Rector, nor did he deliver a Rectorial Address. In 1916, he was drowned when the warship carrying him hit a mine and sank. His successor, another patriotic, unopposed candidate, was Admiral [[Sir David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871-1936)]], Commander in Chief of the Grand Fleet.		Kitchener was never installed as Rector, nor did he deliver a Rectorial Address. In 1916, he was drowned when the warship carrying him hit a mine and sank. His successor, another patriotic, unopposed candidate, was Admiral [[Sir David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871-1936)]], Commander in Chief of the Grand Fleet.
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		+	== Related Events ==
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		+	*[[The University and the First World War]]
		+	*[[First Female Senior President of Students' Representative Council, 1915]]
		+	*[[Admission of Women to Faculty of Medicine, 1916]]
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		+	== Sources ==
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		+	*Donald Wintersgill, ''The Rectors of the University of Edinburgh 1859-2000'' (Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press, 2005)
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 In a display of patriotic fervour at the onset of the First World War, Field Marshall [[Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916)]] was unanimously elected [[Rector]] of Edinburgh University.
-The 1914 Rectorial Election was held two months after the start of the war. Following the death of [[Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845-1914)]], Rector since 1911, the political clubs at Edinburgh University had nominated candidates for a normal election fought on party political lines. When war broke out, however, both sides thought it inappropriate to
+The 1914 Rectorial Election was held two months after the start of the war. Following the death in March of [[Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845-1914)]], Rector since 1911, the political clubs at Edinburgh University had nominated candidates for an election to be fought, as usual, on party political lines. When war broke out, however, both Conservatives and Liberals thought the normal kind of adversarial election would be inappropriate. Both prospective candidates were persuaded to withdraw, and the two sides jointly nominated Field Marshal Kitchener, Secretary for War and the face of the British Army's recruitment campaign. A mass meeting was called and Kitchener was unanimously voted in.
-The political clubs
+Kitchener was never installed as Rector, nor did he deliver a Rectorial Address. In 1916, he was drowned when the warship carrying him hit a mine and sank. His successor, another patriotic, unopposed candidate, was Admiral [[Sir David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871-1936)]], Commander in Chief of the Grand Fleet.