Olave Baden-Powell

The Right Honourable The Lady Baden-Powell GBE
Lady Baden-Powell, Chief Guide
Born	(1889-02-22)22 February 1889 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Died	25 June 1977(1977-06-25) (aged 88) Bramley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Occupation(s)	Guiding and Scouting
Spouse	Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell ​ ​ (m. 1912; died 1941)​
Children	Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron The Hon. Heather King The Hon. Betty Clay
Parent	Harold Soames (1855–1918) Katherine Mary Hill (1851–1932)
Relatives	Arthur Granville Soames (brother)

Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell GBE (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). She outlived her husband, who was 32 years her senior, by over 35 years.

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,^[1] one of only two ever made. She was elected World Chief Guide in 1930. As well as making a major contribution to the development of the Guide/Girl Scout movements, she visited 111 countries during her life, attending Jamborees and national Guide and Scout associations. In 1932, she was created a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire by King George V.