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Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KStJ, DL (/ ˈ b eɪ d ən ˈ p oʊ əl / BAY-dən POH-əl; [3] 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder of The Boy Scouts Association and its first Chief Scout, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of The Girl Guides Association.
Baden-Powell was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, the elder son of Peter Baden-Powell, later 2nd Baron Baden-Powell, and Carine Boardman of Johannesburg, and lived in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). [2] After his father inherited the peerage, the family moved from Rhodesia to Britain in 1949, when he was 12.
Coat of arms of Baron Baden-Powell Adopted 1929 Coronet Coronet of a baron. Crest 1st: a Lion passant Or in the paw a broken Tilting Spear in bend proper pendent therefrom by a Riband Gules an Escutcheon resting on a Wreath Sable charged with a Pheon Or (Powell); 2nd: out of a Crown Vallary Or a Demi Lion rampant Gules on the head a like Crown charged on the shoulders with a Cross Patée ...
Baden-Powell, a 1989 biography of Robert Baden-Powell; Mount Baden-Powell, a peak in the San Gabriel Mountains of California named after Robert Baden-Powell. Baden-Powell House, a Scouting hostel and conference centre in South Kensington, London. Baden-Powell International House, a hotel and conference centre in Hong Kong.
Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell GBE (née Soames; 22 February 1889 – 25 June 1977) was the first Chief Guide for Britain and the wife of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (the founder of Scouting and co-founder of Girl Guides). She outlived her husband, who was 32 years her senior, by over 35 years.
In 1991, she was refitted to give the appearance of a Baltimore Clipper and named after the founder of the scouting movement, Sir Robert Baden Powell. [2] She took part in the 2008 Brest Maritime Festival. In 2024, she rescued the 15 survivors of the Bayesian sinking off Sicily. [3]
Robert Baden-Powell, the first Inspector- General of the South African Constabulary. The South African Constabulary (SAC) was a paramilitary force set up in 1900 under British Army control to police areas captured from the two independent Boer republics of Transvaal and Orange Free State during the Second Boer War.
Michael Baden-Powell was born in Sinoia, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), [1] the second son of Peter Baden-Powell, later 2nd Baron Baden-Powell, and Carine Crause-Boardman. [2] After his father inherited the peerage, the family moved from Rhodesia to Britain in 1947. [ 1 ]