Baden Baden-Powell

For the town, see Baden-Baden

Baden Baden-Powell
Born	22 May 1860(1860-05-22) Kensington, London, England
Died	3 October 1937(1937-10-03) (aged 77)

Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell, FS, FRAS, FRMetS (22 May 1860–3 October 1937) was the youngest son of Baden Powell, and the brother of Robert Baden-Powell, Warington Baden-Powell, George Baden-Powell, and Agnes Baden-Powell. He was also the uncle of Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell and Betty Clay, and the great-uncle of Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell and Michael Baden-Powell.

Baden-Powell was a military aviation pioneer and a Fellow and later President of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He was one of the first to see the use of aviation in a military context. He built his first balloons and planes together with his sister Agnes.

He contributed to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition entry on 'kite-flying'.

Scouting

Baden-Powell was the first who brought flying-based activities into Scouting, in the form of kite and model aeroplane building. He can be considered the founder of Air Scouting even though he thought it was hardly feasible to have special 'Air Scouts'.

Baden-Powell was President and later District Commissioner of a North London District, was between 1918 and 1935 District Commissioner of Sevenoaks District, Kent, and was from 1923, until his death, Headquarters Commissioner for Aviation.

Preceded by Unknown

President of the Aeronautical Society 1902 - 1909

Succeeded by Edward Frost

External links

• Baden Baden-Powell and the Early History of Air Scouting
• Biography on pinetreeweb
• The Engines of Our Ingenuity No. 1233: Baden Baden-Powell
• Pictures of the High Flying Competition of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1903 (English/German)
• Building plan for a Baden-Powell Manlifter (English/German)