Baron Baden-Powell

Robert Baden-Powell,
1st Baron Baden-Powell

Baron Baden-Powell, of Gilwell in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1929 for the military commander Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baronet, hero of the Siege of Mafeking and founder of the international Scouting movement. He had already been created a Baronet, of Bentley, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 4 December 1922. As of 2009, the titles are held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1962.

Baden Powell, father of the first Baron, was a mathematician. Warington Baden-Powell, Sir George Baden-Powell, Agnes Baden-Powell and Baden Baden-Powell, siblings of the first Baron, all gained prominence in their own right.

Barons Baden-Powell (1929)

• Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857–1941)
• Arthur Robert Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell (1913–1962)
• Robert Crause Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell (b. 1936)

The Heir Presumptive is the present holder's brother the Hon. David Michael Baden-Powell (b. 1940)
The Heir Presumprive's Heir Apparent is the his son David Robert Baden-Powell (b. 1971)

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.