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 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 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.

For the physician, see Michael Baden.
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

Family life and work

He was born in Sinoia, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the second son of Peter Baden-Powell, later 2nd Baron Baden-Powell and Carine Boardman. After his father inherited the peerage, the family moved from Rhodesia to Britain in 1949, when he was 8. He was educated at Pierrepont School, Frensham, England.[1] He worked for Fairey Aviation in accounts until April 1965 when he migrated to Australia where he was an insurance sales agent. He married Joan Phillips Berryman, daughter of Horace William Berryman on 20 August 1966.[1] They have three sons and live in Melbourne, Australia.[2]

Scouting and Freemasonry

He has been:

  • B-P Fellow
  • World Scout Foundation member
  • Baden-Powell Foundation of Australia member
  • Victorian Scout Foundation member
  • Scout Heritage of Victoria, patron
  • Australian Badge Club, patron
  • Australia Day Council Victorian Branch, member
  • Freemason and past Master of Baden-Powell Lodge No. 488 in Melbourne, Victoria, a Masonic Lodge founded by Scouters, chartered in 1930, the first named after his grandfather, who donated the Volume of Sacred Law in 1931, and which has close links to Scouting.[3][4][5]
  • Freemason of Lodge of Unity Peace and Concord (UK), two Masonic Lodges in the USA and honorary member of Lodge Amalthea (Melbourne)
  • A liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Mercers.

In 1929, a Rolls-Royce car and an Eccles brand caravan were presented to his grandparents during the 3rd World Scout Jamboree. The car was sold after his grandfather died in 1941. He was instrumental in preserving the caravan, and, with John Ineson, Tony Harvey and Stephen Hilditch, he established a charitable company, "B-P Jam Roll Ltd. which obtained a loan and purchased the car, nicknamed "Jam Roll" (from Jamboree and Rolls Royce) and funds were raised to repay the loan.[6][7] The car and caravan had been re-united in 2007, during 21st World Scout Jamboree after the car and its owner had been found by The Scout Association's archivist, Paul Moniyhan, who made a proposal to purchase it.

During the Scouting 2007 Centenary, he addressed Freemasons, Scouts, and non-Mason Scouters, at Pioneer Lodge in the Derbyshire and Walesby Forest Lodge in the Nottinghamshire.[8]

He was awarded:

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. Lundy, Darryl. "Hon. David Michael Baden-Powell". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
  2. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999.
  3. "Organisation Personnel". Scouts Australia, Victoria Branch. Archived from the original on 12 October 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
  4. "Freemasonry and Lord Baden-Powell". Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
  5. "Baden-Powell Lodge". Archived from the original on 9 September 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2007.
  6. ""Johnny" Walker's Scouting Milestones". Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
  7. "B–P Jam Roll Limited". Retrieved 3 September 2008.
  8. Farmer, Ben (3 August 2007). "Saluting a century of very good Scouts". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
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