David Michael Baden-Powell, 4th Baron Baden-Powell (11 December 1940 – 3 July 2023) was a British AMP insurance sales agent and an active supporter of the

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. Baden-Powell was the second son of

Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell Arthur Robert Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell, (known as Peter; 30 October 1913 – 9 December 1962) was the son of Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, and Olave St. Clair Soames ...

, and Carine Boardman, inheriting the barony following the death of his elder brother Robert in 2019, and was the grandson of the founder of World Scouting,

Robert Baden-Powell Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, ( ; 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder of The Boy Scouts Association and its first Chief Scout, and founder, with ...

, and

Olave Baden-Powell Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell (; 22 February 1889 – 25 June 1977) was the first Chief Guide for Britain and the wife of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (the founder of Scouting and co-founder of Girl Guides). ...

, a great-grandson of the mathematician Baden Powell.

Early life

Michael Baden-Powell was born in Sinoia,

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(now Zimbabwe),Grandson continues the legacy of Scouting founder
/ref> the second son of Peter Baden-Powell, later 2nd Baron Baden-Powell, and Carine Crause-Boardman.Scouting at Home: Beyond All Limits! Our Program
p. 17 After his father inherited the peerage, the family moved from Rhodesia to Britain in 1947. He was educated at

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, England. He worked for

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as a trainee engineer until April 1964, when he migrated to Australia, where he initially worked as a draftsman and eventually became an insurance sales agent.

Scouting and freemasonry

Baden-Powell had been a Scout Leader in Britain before moving to Australia. He was heavily involved with Scouts Victoria, holding the position of State Commissioner - Special Duties. He had held a wide range of other positions in the organisation, including membership of associated philanthropic bodies such as the

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and Victorian Scout Foundation. He was also a

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and past

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of Baden-Powell Lodge No. 488 in Melbourne,

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, a

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founded in 1930, the first named after his grandfather, who donated the

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in 1931.

"JamRoll"

In 1929, a

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and an Eccles brand

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were presented to his grandparents during the

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. It was bought from money raised from Scouts world-wide who were invited to give just a penny towards the purchase. At that time, a common treat when out was to buy a small "swiss roll" filled with jam, that cost a penny, and was marketed as "a penny jam roll", so B-P called the car "Jam Roll", a happy coincidence of the penny contributions, the association, and from Jamboree and Rolls-Royce. The car was sold in 1945. With John Ineson, Tony Harvey and Stephen Hilditch, Baden-Powell established a charitable company, B-P Jam Roll Ltd., which obtained a loan and purchased the car, ; funds were raised to repay the loan. The car and caravan were reunited in 2007, during the

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after the car and its owner had been found by The Scout Association's archivist, Paul Moynihan, who made a proposal to purchase it. Baden-Powell was also a member of the Victorian Branch of the

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Personal life and death

Baden-Powell married Joan Phillips Berryman, daughter of Horace William Berryman, on 20 August 1966. They had three sons - *

David Baden-Powell, 5th Baron Baden-Powell Baron Baden-Powell, of Gilwell in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1929 for Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baronet. He had been created baronet, of Bentley, in the Baronetage of t ...

* Alex Baden-Powell * Myles Baden-Powell Baden-Powell lived in

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, Australia, and died on 3 July 2023, at the age of 82. The title passed to his eldest son, David, who is also a member of

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Awards

* The Scout Association of Australia's 50-Year Service Award, * Scouts Australia's Silver Kangaroo Award * Scout Association of Malaysia's order of the Green Forest *

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's Golden Pheasant and Medal of Merit * Girl Guides Association of Malaysia's Medal of Merit. * Guides Australia's Thanks Badge, 2007. *

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's Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Scouter’s Award, 2007.

Coat-of-Arms

References

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