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He died from sickness. On January 8, 1941, Baden-Powell died. He was 83 years of age. He is buried in a simple grave at Nyeri within sight of Mount Kenya.

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Why did they call baden Powell lord baden Powell?

He was a member of the British gentry - a Baron.


How many children did Lord Baden-Powell have?

The Baden-Powells had three children, one son and two daughters, Arthur Robert, Betty, and Heather


What year did lord baden Powell die?

Baden-Powell died January, 8 1941 (1941-01-09) at the age of 83.


How many brothers did lord baden Powell have?

Im pretty sure he had 5 brothers- Sir George Smyth Baden-powell, Henry Warrington Smyth Baden-Powell, Augustus- (who died when he was a young man) , Francis, and Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell and he had 1 sister called Agnes-who originally started off the Girl Guides. He also had 3 other siblings that died after him, at birth.


Where was Robert Baden-Powell born?

Baden-Powellbaptised at St James's on July 8th 1857 as Robert Stephenson Smyth, Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell (created 1929), became the Founder of the international Scouting Movement, was born on 22 February 1857 at 6 Stanhope Street, (now called 11 Stanhope Terrace) a short walk from S. James' Church. Born on the day people in the US were celebrating the 125th anniversary of the birth of George Washington. He was baptised with the names: Robert Stephenson Smyth after his godfather Robert Stephenson, the famous Civil Engineer (1803-1859). BP was a descendant of Captain John Smith, the principal founder of the first English colony in North America, at Jamestown, Virginia.Lord Baden-Powell, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, and founder of the Scout Movement.After having been educated at Charterhouse School, Baden-Powell served in the British Army from 1876 until 1910 in India and Africa. In 1899, during the Second Boer War in South Africa, Baden-Powell successfully defended the city in the Siege of Mafeking. Baden-Powell lived his last years in Kenya, where he died in 1941. Baden-Powell House is near by in Bayswater Rd.Father: Baden Powell (professor of geometry Oxford, reverend, d. 1860)