Lord Robert Stephenson Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement in 1908 and British hero at the siege of Mafeking, is born in Paddington, London. Baden-Powell was considered to be a distinguished member of the British colonial army, and he was lauded at home for establishing the Boy Scout movement, which still exists today. However, history also remembers him as staunch patriot with fascist leanings.
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22 February 1857
Baden Powell is born in London, England
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- 22 Feb 2026
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- 01Your Dictionary,"Robert Baden-Powell Facts", From: Your Dictionary, [Online], Available at:biography.yourdictionary.com, [Accessed on: 28 February 2014] Jeal, Tim (1989). Baden-Powell. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 0-09-170670-X.
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