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Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell GBE (née Soames; 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). She outlived her husband, who was 32 years her senior, by over 35 years.
The graves of Lieutenant-General The 1st Baron Baden-Powell and his wife, Olave, Baroness Baden-Powell, G.B.E., are in Nyeri, Nyeri County, Kenya, near Mount Kenya. Lord Baden-Powell died on 8 January 1941, and is buried in St. Peter's Cemetery in the Wajee Nature Park. When his wife Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, died, her ashes were sent to Kenya ...
1910 - 1916 Agnes Baden-Powell. 1916 - 1930 Olave Baden-Powell. 1930 - 1939 Mrs Percy Birley 1939 - 1942 Mrs St John Atkinson 1942 - 1949 Finola, Lady Summers 1949 - 1956 The Lady Stratheden and Campbell. 1956 - 1966 Anstice Gibbs 1966 - 1975 Ann Parker Bowles. 1975 - 1980 Sheila Walker 1980 - 1985 Lady Patience Baden-Powell
Worldwide in nearly all Scout associations, Founders' Day is celebrated on February 22, the birthday of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (born in 1857), the founder of Scouting, and coincidentally also of his wife Olave Baden-Powell (born in 1889). [1]
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[1] [3] [4] As Chairman in 1977, she gave the address at the memorial service in Westminster Abbey for Lady Olave Baden-Powell, the World Chief Guide. [ 1 ] Earlier she was Victorian Commissioner (1963–1968) and Chief Commissioner for Australia (1968–1973). [ 3 ]
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After his marriage in 1912, his wife Olave Baden-Powell took a leading role in the development of Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting. As the movement spread, independent national Guiding associations were set up; however, a need for international cooperation was felt. Lady Baden-Powell founded an informal International Council in London in February ...