Garnet de la Hunt

Garnet de la Hunt
Chairman, World Scout Committee
In office
1999–2002
Preceded by Abdourahmane Sow
Succeeded by Marie-Louise Correa
Personal details
Born 25 August 1933
Died 28 April 2014

Herbert William Garnet de la Hunt GCOB (25 August 1933 – 28 April 2014) served as the Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts of South Africa, as well as the Vice-Chairman of the Africa Scout Committee, and was the first South African to be elected to the World Scout Committee, a member from 1996 to 2002 and held the post of chairman of the committee.[1] In 1994, de la Hunt was awarded the 234th Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.[2] On 27 April 2013 he received the Order of the Baobab.[3]

World Organization of the Scout Movement
Preceded by
Abdourahmane Sow		 Chairman, World Scout Committee
1999–2002 		Succeeded by
Marie-Louise Correa
Preceded by
Colin Inglis		 Chief Scout, Boy Scouts of South Africa
1985–1995 		Succeeded by
Nkwenkwe Nkomo

References

  1. ↑ "Nkwenkwe Nkomo elected to World Scout Committee". South African Scout Association. September 2005.
  2. ↑ "List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award". World Organization of the Scout Movement. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Garnet de la Hunt" (pdf). SCOUTS South Africa. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
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