Commissioner Theodore Hopkins Kitching CBE (29 December 1866 – 10 February 1930) was a prominent officer in The Salvation Army, acting as Secretary and confidant to Generals William Booth and Bramwell Booth, and was The Salvation Army's International Secretary for Europe from 1914 to 1916.

[2] Kitching accompanied General William Booth on his last tour of the United States in 1907, when they were both filmed working in an "office" – actually a set in an open-air studio.

General Edward Higgins decided to send Kitching to Switzerland on a delicate mission which required a man with diplomatic skills.

Therefore, early on 10 February 1930 Kitching left his Ealing home for Paris en route for Geneva.

[4] Theodore Kitching died in Paris on 10 February 1930, and, like many prominent Salvation Army officers, was buried in Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington, London.