Baden-Powell in the Uniform of the South African Constabulary, Standing by His Charger

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The name of Baden-Powell became known and respected in two separate spheres of life – as a soldier fighting for his country, and as a worker for peace through the brotherhood of the Scout Movement. Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell was born in Paddington, London on 22nd February 1857, the sixth son and eighth of ten children of the Reverend H. G. Baden-Powell, a professor at Oxford University. The name Stephenson was taken from one of his Godfathers, George Stephenson, the railway pioneer. Baden-Powell was educated at Charterhouse School, where he first became interested in the arts of scouting and woodcraft. Not an outstanding scholar, he nevertheless gained second place for cavalry in open examination for the Army and was commissioned straight to the 13th Hussars, bypassing the Officer training establishments. He subsequently became their Honorary Colonel for 37 years. His Army career was outstanding from the start.

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London

Title

Baden-Powell in the Uniform of the South African Constabulary, Standing by His Charger

Date

c.1901

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 34 x W 30 cm

Accession number

TSA/12a

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

J. Matthews

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