Michael Baden-Powell, 4th Baron Baden-Powell

David Michael Baden-Powell, 4th Baron Baden-Powell (born 11 December 1940, Sinoia, Rhodesia) is a former accountant and insurance sales agent. He is the second son of Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell and Carine Boardman. He is the brother of Robert Crause Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell. He is the grandson of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell and great-grandson of the Rev. Prof. Baden Powell. Upon the death of his childless brother Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell, on 28 December 2019, the peerage descended to Michael Baden-Powell, the 4th Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell.

The Right Honourable The Lord Baden-Powell
4th Baron Baden-Powel
Born	(1940-12-11) 11 December 1940 Sinoia, Rhodesia
Spouse(s)	Joan Phillips Berryman

Michael is a great-nephew of Agnes Baden-Powell, Baden Baden-Powell, George Baden-Powell, and Warington Baden-Powell, and a great-grandson of the Rev. Prof. Baden Powell.[1][2] On 20 August 1966, Michael married Joan Phillips Berryman.[3] They have three sons.

Early years

Following the sudden death of Michael's grandfather, the 1st Lord Baden-Powell, Michael's father Peter, who had been working in Southern Rhodesia since 1935, became the 2nd Lord Baden-Powell, and in 1949, when Michael was 8, the family moved back to England. Michael was educated at Pierrepont School, Frensham, England.[3] After leaving school, Michael worked for Fairey Aviation, until April 1965, when he migrated to Australia.

Family

On 20 August 1966, Michael married Joan Phillips Berryman, daughter of Horace William Berryman. They have three sons.[4]

Scouting

Michael Baden-Powell is active in Scouts Australia's Victorian Branch[5][6][7] and, as of 2015, is its Commissioner for Special Duties.[8]

On 1 August 2007, Baden-Powell was a guest of The Scout Association of the United Kingdom at the 100th anniversary of the start of the world Scouting movement at Brownsea Island.[9]

In August 2008 Michael Baden-Powell took part in the International Scout and Guide Fellowship's 25th World Conference in Vienna.[10][11]

Michael Baden-Powell is patron of Scout Heritage Victoria - a museum and archive of Scout History in Scouts Victoria, starting in that role in 2007 following many years of membership of the group.

Scouts Victoria has run three Victorian Agoonoree camps for which Michael has been the chairman, Agoonoree is a major event camp that aims to provide a camping experience to members of Scouts and Guides with special needs and disabilities. The 3rd camp was in 2018 and Michael is part of the team working on the 4th due in 2021.

Philanthropy

In 2007, Michael Baden-Powell was instrumental in preserving a caravan trailer, nicknamed Eccles, which had been presented to his grandparents during the 3rd World Scout Jamboree in 1929. A Rolls-Royce car, nicknamed Jam Roll, which had been presented to his grandparents at the same time, was sold after his grandfather's death in 1941. The car and caravan were reunited at Gilwell Park for the 21st World Scout Jamboree in 2007. Paul Moniyhan, then The Scout Association's archivist, found the car and its owner prior to the Jamboree and made the original proposal to purchase it. Michael Baden-Powell, John Ineson, Tony Harvey and Stephen Hilditch formed the charitable company "B-P Jam Roll Ltd." which obtained a loan and purchased the car. Funds were raised to repay the loan.[12][13]

Baden-Powell was Master of Baden-Powell Lodge No. 488 in Melbourne, Victoria. This Masonic lodge, chartered in 1930, was the first to be named after his grandfather, who donated the Volume of Sacred Law in 1931. The lodge was founded by Scouters and has close links to Scouting. He remains an active member.[5][14][15]

During the Scouting 2007 Centenary, Baden-Powell addressed Freemasons and Scouts, and non-Masonic Scouters, at meetings of Pioneer Lodge in the Derbyshire and Walesby Forest Lodge in the Nottinghamshire (both in United Grand Lodge of England, and also both lodge members of the Kindred Lodges Association).[16]

Following a family tradition, Baden-Powell is a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Mercers.

Arms

Coat of arms of Michael Baden-Powell, 4th Baron Baden-Powell

Adopted 1929 Coronet Coronet of a baron. Crest 1st: a Lion passant Or in the paw a broken Tilting Spear in bend proper pendent therefrom by a Riband Gules an Escutcheon resting on a Wreath Sable charged with a Pheon Or (Powell); 2nd: out of a Crown Vallary Or a Demi Lion rampant Gules on the head a like Crown charged on the shoulders with a Cross Patée Argent and supporting with the paws a Sword Erect proper Pommel and Hilt Gold (Baden). Escutcheon Quarterly: 1 and 4th, Per fess Or and Argent a Lion rampant gules between two Tilting Spears erect proper (Powell); 2nd and 3rd, Argent a Lion rampant proper on the head a Crown Vallary Or between four Crosses Patée Gules and as many Fleur-de-lis Azure alternately (Baden). Supporters Dexter: an Officer of 13th/18th Hussars in full dress his Sword drawn over his shoulder proper; sinister: a Boy Scout holding a Staff also proper. Motto Ar Nyd Yw Pwyll Pyd Yw (Where there is steadiness, there will be a Powell).

References

1. "Welcome to The Powell Pedigree". Retrieved 12 February 2019.
2. "The Powell Pedigree". Retrieved 2 July 2019.
3. Lundy, Darryl. "Hon. David Michael Baden-Powell". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
4. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999.
5. "Organisation Personnel". Scouts Australia, Victoria Branch. Archived from the original on 12 October 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
6. "Scouts welcome Hon. Michael Baden-Powell". Scouting NZ. 9 March 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
7. "Scouting advocate visits". Southland Times. 10 March 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
8. "Scouts Australia Victoria Branch Annual Report 2014-15" (PDF).
9. Farmer, Ben (2 August 2007). "Saluting a century of very good scouts". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
10. "This picture sent by Antonio Alaminos via ISGF reporting the 25th Conference of Adult Scouts & Guides in Vienna (Wien) 2nd Sept.,2008 with Michael Baden-Powell in the centre". Baden-Powell Guild of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2008.
11. "ISGF_07 mit Michael Baden-Powell im Audimax". Pfadfinder-Gilde Ulmerfeld-Hausmeming-Neufurth. Retrieved 7 September 2008.
12. ""Johnny" Walker's Scouting Milestones". Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
13. "B–P Jam Roll Limited". Retrieved 3 September 2008.
14. "Freemasonry and Lord Baden-Powell". Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
15. "Baden-Powell Lodge". Archived from the original on 9 September 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2007.
16. Farmer, Ben (3 August 2007). "Saluting a century of very good Scouts". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 28 February 2009.

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell	Baron Baden-Powell 2019–present	Incumbent Heir apparent: David Robert Baden-Powell
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell	Baronet (of Bentley) 2019–present	Incumbent Heir apparent: David Robert Baden-Powell