Key dates in the life of Lord Robert Baden-Powell
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1857 |
Robert Baden-Powell is born.
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1876 |
Baden-Powell joins the 13th Hussars, a cavalry regiment in the British Army, launching a successful military career.
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1899 |
Baden-Powell is garrison commander during the Siege of Maferking, 2nd Boer War, holding the garrison for 217 days he observes young boys assisting the soldiers by carrying messages and helping in the hospital.
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1899 |
‘Aids to Scouting’, a manual on military scouting is published.
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1903 |
Baden-Powell discovers that ‘ Aids to Scouting’ has reached a wider audience than the military one it was written for.
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1907 |
Baden-Powell organises an experimental camp for boys held on Brownsea Island, Dorset, England.
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1907 |
Baden-Powell’s sculpture of John Smith, the colonial pioneer, is displayed at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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1908 |
A rewrite of ‘Aids to Scouting’ is published as ‘Scouting for Boys’ and becomes a best seller.
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1908 |
Groups of boy and girls, inspired by ‘Scouting for Boys’ start to organise themselves into Scout Troops.
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1908 |
Baden-Powell sets up an office to cope with the volume of enquiries about Scouting. The Scout movement is born.
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1909 |
Baden-Powell establishes the Girl Guides.
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1910 |
Baden-Powell retires from the British Army.
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1912 |
Baden-Powell marries Olave Soames.
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1913 |
The Baden-Powell’s first child, Arthur, is born.
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1915 |
The Baden-Powell’s second child, Heather, is born.
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1916 |
The Baden-Powell’s third child, Betty, is born.
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1916 |
Due to popular demand and partly inspired by his friend Rudyard Kipling’s ‘The Jungle Book’ Baden-Powell establishes the Wolf Cubs, a group for younger boys.
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1920 |
At the 1st World Jamboree Baden-Powell is declared Chief Scout of the World.
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1929 |
At the 3rd World Jamboree the Prince of Wales announces that Baden-Powell will be made a Peer taking the title of Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell. He is also presented with a Rolls-Royce (nicknamed Jam Roll) and Eccles Caravan by the movement.
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1937 |
Baden-Powell gives his farewell to Scouting and retires from public life.
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1938 |
Baden-Powell retires to Kenya following a period of ill health.
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1941 |
Lord Robert Baden-Powell dies in Kenya at the age of 83. |
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