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The position of Chief Scout in the United Kingdom started with the appointment of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scout Movement, as Chief Scout. He was designated Chief Scout of the World in 1920 at the first World Scout Jamboree in Olympia, London. Following his death, Chief Scouts were appointed for the British Empire, then the British Commonwealth and Empire, then the Commonwealth, and finally for the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories. Image File history File links Portal. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Robert Baden-Powell Wikisource has original text related to this article: Robert Baden-Powell Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell of Gilwell (bayd... The World Scout Jamboree (Jamboree Scout Mondial in French) is a gathering of Scouts (ages 14-17) from all over the world. ... Olympia is an ancient city in Greece, the site of the Ancient Olympic Games. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

1. Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, died January 8th, 1941.
2. Lord Somers, March 1942, Chief Scout of the British Empire.
3. Lord Rowallan, April, 1945, Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire.
4. Sir Charles Maclean, later Lord Maclean, September 1959, Chief Scout of the Commonwealth. He resigned as Chief Scout of the UK in September 1971, but continued as Chief Scout of the Commonwealth until August, 1975.
5. Sir William Gladstone, July 1972, Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories.
6. Major-General Michael J. H. Walsh, February, 1982. Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories.
7. Garth Morrison, May 1988, Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories.
8. George Purdy, March 1996, Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories.
9. Peter Duncan, July 2004, Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories.

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Robert Baden-Powell Wikisource has original text related to this article: Robert Baden-Powell Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell of Gilwell (bayd... Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Herbert Tennyson Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers, KCMG, DSO, MC (born on 20 March 1887 in Freshwater, Isle of Wight - died on 14 July 1944 in Eastnor Castle, Hereford) was a British administrator and served as Governor of the State of Victoria, Australia between 1926 and 1931. ... Sir Thomas Godfrey Polson Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan, KT Born in Chelsea, London, on December 19, 1895, Thomas Corbett succeeded as the 2nd Baron Rowallan on March 19, 1933. ... The Right Honourable Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean of Duart, Baron Maclean, KT, GCVO, KBE, PC (5 May 1916–8 February 1990) was Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth II from 1971-1984. ... Sir Erskine William Gladstone of Fasque and Balfour, 7th Bt. ... Peter Duncan (born May 3, 1954) is a British actor and television presenter, who is best known as a former presenter of Blue Peter. ...

External links

• Meet the Chiefs
• The Passing Years - Milestones in the progress of Scouting.