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Olave Baden-Powell

1889 - 1977

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Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell (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). Lady Baden-Powell became Chief Guide for Britain in 1918. Later the same year, at the Swanwick conference for Commissioners in October, she was presented with a gold Silver Fish, one of only two ever made. She was elected World Chief Guide in 1930. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Olave Baden-Powell is the 5,914th most popular politician (down from 4,341st in 2019), the 1,332nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 885th in 2019) and the 247th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Olave Baden-Powell ranks 5,914 out of 19,576. Before her are Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis, Frederick III, Duke of Austria, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia, Azai Nagamasa, Alexandru Averescu, and Parameswara. After her are Renata of Lorraine, Ratchis, Konstanty Kalinowski, Anushtegin Gharchai, Ilona Zrínyi, and Vasile Lupu.

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Among people born in 1889, Olave Baden-Powell ranks 62. Before her are Erik Jan Hanussen, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, Efim Bogoljubov, Beno Gutenberg, Gunnar Gunnarsson, and Walther Gerlach. After her are Richard Glücks, Eberhard von Mackensen, Zoltán Tildy, Amrit Kaur, Harry Nyquist, and Frans Masereel. Among people deceased in 1977, Olave Baden-Powell ranks 56. Before her are Sepp Herberger, Oskar Morgenstern, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, Hans Martin Sutermeister, Leopold Stokowski, and Jan Patočka. After her are Hamida Djandoubi, Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani, Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Félix Gouin, Juan Velasco Alvarado, and Marc Bolan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Olave Baden-Powell ranks 1,332 out of 8,785. Before her are Rick Parfitt (1948), Henry (1100), Bernard Cornwell (1944), Eddie Redmayne (1982), Robert Wyatt (1945), and Ewan McGregor (1971). After her are Alan Baker (1939), John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462), John Nettles (1943), Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), Boy George (1961), and J. B. S. Haldane (1892).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Olave Baden-Powell ranks 247. Before her are George Canning (1770), Rob Roy MacGregor (1671), Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (1473), Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813), Lord Randolph Churchill (1849), and Arthur Phillip (1738). After her are John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462), Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763), Jeremy Corbyn (1949), Henry Tingle Wilde (1872), and Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799).

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