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From Family Portrait, c. 1900
From: H.
W. Wilson,
With the Flag to Pretoria, 1902 |
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Royal Navy Reserve, c.1908
From the
Lafayette Negative
Collection
Copyright,
Victoria & Albert Museum |
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B-P's
Brother Warington |
Henry Warington Smyth Baden-Powell
Known as
Warington within the family, he was B-P's oldest brother.
Early in his career he qualified as a
Master Mariner and was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy
Reserve. Interest in small boats (as described by B-P in his
autobiography, Lessons from the Varsity of Life) led him to a
fascination with canoes. In 1871, at the age of 24, he paddled and sailed a canoe on a
cruise around the Baltic Sea that included stops in Germany, Denmark and
Sweden as described in his book, Canoe Travelling, published in
1871.
The sea stood at the
center of his life. After becoming a Barrister in 1876, he was admitted to
the Admiralty Bar and became a member of several important organizations
focused on the sea. He was admitted a Kings Counsel in 1872.
Some details of his career are found
in Robin Baden Clay's work on the Powell family history.
Henry Warington Smyth BADEN-POWELL
Born 3 Feb 1847.
Educated at St Paul's, 1857.
Qualified as Master Mariner.
Commissioned as Lieutenant, Royal Navy Reserve;
Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society (F.R.G.S.).
Barrister, Inner Temple, 1876.
Member of the Admiralty Bar.
Kings Counsel (K.C.), Admitted 26 April 1872.
Called Trinity Term 1876.
Member of the Shipwrights' Company.
Associate of the Institute of Naval Architects Council.
Member Yacht Racing Association.
Member Athenaeum Club.
Died 24 Apr 1921 at age 74.
Baden-Powell
asked his brother
Warington to head up the first specialized branch of the Boy Scouts.
Warington Baden-Powell agreed, and Sea Scouting was officially organized
in England in 1910. Warington then wrote the first official Sea Scout
manual. It was called Sea Scouting and Seamanship for Boys. The
manual sold well and Sea Scouting flourished. It was in that same year
that Boy Scouts was organized in the United States.
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