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What was the last administrative role Kitchener served in before his death?
Secretary of State for War
Viceroy of India
Commander-in-Chief of the Army in India
British Agent and Consul-General in Egypt
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The final administrative role that Lord Kitchener held prior to his untimely demise was that of Secretary of State for War, a position of immense significance in the British government, overseeing military affairs and strategic decision-making. Kitchener assumed this role in 1914, a time when Europe stood on the precipice of the cataclysmic events of World War I.
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