Michael Baden-Powell

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The Hon. David Michael Baden-Powell (born December 11, 1940) is the heir to the title of Baron Baden-Powell. He is the second son of Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell and the brother of Robert Crause Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell. On 1966-08-20 he married Joan Phillips Berryman, with whom he has three sons. The family lives in Australia.[1]

[edit] Scouting and Freemasonry

Michael Baden-Powell is active in the Victorian Branch of the Scouts Australia.[2] As grandson of the founder of Scouting, Baden-Powell is often invited to ceremonies.[3][4]

Baden-Powell was Master of the Baden-Powell Freemason lodge (no 488, Victoria), the first to be named after his grandfather, in 1930, 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.[2][5]

In June 2007, within the Centenary year of Scouting, Baden-Powell addressed brethren in Freemasonry and Scouting, and non-Masonic Scouters, at meetings of Pioneer Lodge in the County of Derbyshire and Walesby Forest Lodge in the County of Nottinghamshire (both in United Grand Lodge of England, and also both lodge members of the Kindred Lodges Association). In late July and early August 2007, Michael Baden-Powell oversaw the 100th anniversary of the start of the world scouting movement at Brownsea Island and stated that the movement was still going on strong.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hon. David Michael Baden-Powell. ThePeerage.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
  2. ^ a b Organisation Personnel. Scouts Australia, Victoria Branch. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
  3. ^ Scouts welcome Hon. Michael Baden-Powell. Scouting NZ (2007-03-09). Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
  4. ^ Scouting advocate visits. Southland Times (2007-03-10). Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
  5. ^ Freemasonry and Lord Baden-Powell. Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
  6. ^ Saluting a century of very good scouts
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