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Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell GBE (née Soames; 22 February 1889 – 25 June 1977) was the first Chief Guide for Britain and the wife of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (the founder of Scouting and co-founder of Girl Guides).
Olave Baden-Powell was the only person to ever hold the title of World Chief Guide. She helped her husband build the Scouting Movement, continued the development of the Guiding Movement, and formed the organisation that became the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS).
Olave St. Clair Soames (Olave, Lady Baden-Powell) The youngest child of Harold and Katharine Soames, Olave was born February 22, 1889, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.
English co-founder of the Girl Guides. Born in 1858; died in 1945; daughter of Baden Powell (1796–1860, Savilian professor of geometry, known for his research on optics and radiation); sister of George Smyth Baden-Powell (1847–1898, Conservative MP), and Robert Stephenson Smyth, 1st baron Baden-Powell (1857–1941).
Contents. Baden-Powell, Olave. British scouting leader. Learn about this topic in these articles: association with Robert Baden-Powell. In Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell. His wife, Olave, Lady Baden-Powell (1889–1977), also did much to promote the Girl Guides.
Biography Timeline. When 23 year-old Olave St Claire Soames married 55 year old Robert Baden-Powell in 1912, she caused an international sensation, and despair to 100,000 Boy Scouts who speculated that the marriage would bring an end to the Chief's Scouting.
Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell, GBE (February 22, 1889 – 19 June 1977) was born Olave St Clair Soames in Chesterfield, England. She was later known as Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, or The Dowager Lady Baden-Powell, having outlived her husband, Robert Baden-Powell the founder of Scouting and Girl Guides, by over 35 years.
Robert & Olave Baden-Powell. In the south aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey, against the screen of St George’s chapel, is a memorial stone to Lord and Lady Baden-Powell. Both are buried in Kenya and each had a memorial service held at the Abbey.
Baden-Powell immediately recognised Olave - he had seen her a few years earlier walking her dog in London, and he had never forgotten her. There was a 32-year difference in age between Olave and...
Girl Guides Timeline. This page is a timeline of mainly when Olave and Agnes did something in Guiding's history 1907 Girls were in 'Boy Scout Patrols' too. They were taking part in the new adventure along side their brothers. Some formed 'Girl Scout' patrols.
