Election of Lord Kitchener as Rector, 1914
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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