Baden-Powell (Soames), Olave St. Clair b. February 22, 1889 d. June 19, 1977 Social Reformer. The wife of Lord Robert Baden-Powell of Gilwell, in 1932, she was invested with the G.B.E., Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. She has been called the "Mother of Millions" for her active role in the World Organization of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Born in Chesterfield, England, into a wealthy upper-middle class family whose fortune was built in the brewery business, on the same day as her future husband. In 1908, her friend Sie Bower, who...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) Saint Peter's Churchyard, Nyeri, Central, Kenya
Baden-Powell, Robert Stephenson Smyth b. February 22, 1857 d. January 8, 1941 British Army General, Boy Scouts Movement Founder. Born in London, England, he and his brothers would explore the English countryside, pretending to be sailors, explorers or soldiers. He attended the Charterhouse School, and joined the British Army in 1876, serving in India, Afghanistan, and South Africa. During the Boer War in South Africa (1899 to 1902), he was a Colonel and senior commander of the garrison at Mafeking, when it came under siege for seven months by the Boers. His spirited...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) Saint Peter's Churchyard, Nyeri, Central, Kenya
b. February 22, 1889 d. June 19, 1977