Person Open DS/UK/4279 Baden-Powell; Robert (22 February 1857-8 January 1941); Baron OM GCMG GCVO KCB KStJ DL; British Army officer and founder and first Chief Scout of the Boy Scout Movement Baden-Powell Robert 22 February 1857-8 January 1941 British Army officer and founder and first Chief Scout of the Boy Scout Movement Male (cisgender) Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell | Lord Baden-Powell DS/UK/5971 https://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx?lWzlS8QlS42B2e Paddington, London, England (born)

Nyeri, British Kenya (died)

British Army White No known disability No known religious affiliation Son of Reverend Professor Baden Powell (mathematician and theologian) and Henrietta Grace Grandson of William Henry Smyth and Thomas Warington (British Consul) Godson of Robert Stephenson (railway and civil engineer) Spouse of Olave St Clair Soames Bisexual / Pansexual Lieutenant General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KStJ, DL was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Boy Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide Girl Guide / Girl Scout Movement. Baden-Powell authored the first editions of the seminal work Scouting for Boys, which was an inspiration for the Scout Movement. Educated at Charterhouse in Surrey, Baden-Powell served in the British Army from 1876 until 1910 in India and Africa. In 1899, during the Second Boer War in South Africa, Baden-Powell successfully defended the town in the Siege of Mafeking. Several of his military books, written for military reconnaissance and scout training in his African years, were also read by boys. In 1907, he held a demonstration camp, the Brownsea Island Scout camp, which is now seen as the beginning of Scouting. Based on his earlier books, particularly Aids to Scouting, he wrote Scouting for Boys, published in 1908 by Sir Arthur Pearson, for boy readership. In 1910 Baden-Powell retired from the army and formed The Boy Scouts Association. The first Scout Rally was held at The Crystal Palace in 1909. Girls in Scout uniform attended, telling Baden-Powell that they were the "Girl Scouts". In 1910, Baden-Powell and his sister Agnes Baden-Powell started the Girl Guides Movement. In 1912 he married Olave St Clair Soames. He gave guidance to the Scout and Girl Guide movements until retiring in 1937. Awards, Honours and Legacy: In 1937 Baden-Powell was appointed to the Order of Merit, one of the most exclusive awards in the British honours system, and he was also awarded 28 decorations by foreign states, including the Grand Officer of the Portuguese Order of Christ, the Grand Commander of the Greek Order of the Redeemer (1920), the Commander of the French Légion d'honneur (1925), the First Class of the Hungarian Order of Merit (1929), the Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog of Denmark, the Grand Cross of the Order of the White Lion, the Grand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix, and the Order of Polonia Restituta. Family, Sexuality and Relationships: Dominic Winter said: 'Baden-Powell's close relationship with Major Kenneth McLaren is well documented and there has been much speculation as to whether it went beyond the platonic into a sexual relationship. Historian Tim Jeal, who wrote the biography Baden-Powell in 1989, surmised that he was a 'repressed homosexual', a view which has been echoed by other prominent historians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell,_1st_Baron_Baden-Powell (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 2/5/2013 RAHAKirkbride 4/21/2023 2c74819e-f4c4-4929-92c5-85868fcaba77