Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell
- Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell
Robert Crause Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell (born October 15, 1936) is the son of Carine Crause-Boardman and Peter Baden-Powell. He lives near Guildford, Surrey, England.Family history
Baden-Powell was educated at Bryanston School and became an officer in the Royal Navy in 1955. On the death of his father Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell in 1962, he succeeded to the barony. He married Patience Helene Marry Batty, who later became Chief Commissioner of the Girl Guides and Vice-president of the Girl Guides Association. As the couple have no children, his brother Michael Baden-Powell (born 1940-12-11) is heir presumptive to the barony.[cite web | url = http://www.thepeerage.com/p6312.htm#i63117 | title = Sir Robert Crause Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell1 | publisher = ThePeerage | accessdate = 2007-03-11] ]couting
In Scouting, Baden-Powell was Chief Scout Commissioner from 1965 to 1982, when he became Vice-president of The Scout Association.
The British contingent to the 14th World Scout Jamboree, led by Baden-Powell, included Scouts from Branches in Bermuda, Hong Kong and Rhodesia.
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