Baden Powell is born in London, England

Date: 22 Feb 1857
Updated: 22 Feb 2026

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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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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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Baden Powell is born in London, England. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010997

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