Alix Kerr Liddell (10 May 1907 – 6 July 1981) was a British writer who contributed to the
Guiding and Girl Scouting movement both in the
United Kingdom
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and internationally. She wrote several books on the history of Guiding.
Family
Alix Liddell was the daughter of
Rose Kerr, a pioneer of Girl Guiding, and Admiral
Mark Kerr, British Navy. Her great-grandfather was the
6th Marquess of Lothian. On 28 July 1937 she married Maurice Arthur Liddell, OBE (1905–1976) a nephew of Alice Liddell of Alice in Wonderland fame. They had two children: Virginia Sarah Alix Ashton (born 16 September 1941) and Judith Rose Jackson (born 2 October 1944)
Guiding and Scouting
The Kerr family were personal friends of
Olave and
Robert Baden-Powell
Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, ( ; (Commonly pronounced by others as ) 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the wor ...
and Liddell's mother was heavily involved in Guiding. Liddell began her life in Guiding as a
Brownie. She attended the first International Camp in
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
in 1922. Later she became both a Guider and a Commissioner.
She held numerous positions at national level within
UK Guiding including Chairman of Publications Committee, International Commissioner and member of the Education Panel. She attended nine of the ten World Conferences between 1950 and 1975.
Liddell produced numerous books on Guiding, including several on the history of the movement. She was editor of ''The Council Fire'', a
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
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(WAGGGS) publication, for nearly 30 years. Liddell was awarded the
Silver Fish
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.
Works
*1948: ''International Notebook – Europe''
*1954: ''Story of the Girl Guides: 1908–1938'' (Revised by Liddell)
*1957: ''The True Book about Girl Guides''
*1960: ''The First Fifty Years''
*(1965?): ''The Story of Our Chalet,
Olave House,
Our Cabaña
Our Cabaña (or Nuestra Cabaña) is an international Girl Guide centre of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) located in Cuernavaca, Mexico, It opened in July 1957 as a Baden-Powell centennial memorial. The centre can ho ...
'' (with Ida von Herrenschwand and
Ethel Rusk Dermady)
*1970: ''The Girl Guides, 1910–1970''
*(1976?): ''Briefly it's Guides''
*1976: ''Story of the Girl Guides: 1938 – 1975''
See also
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Elizabeth Hartley
References
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1907 births
1981 deaths
Girlguiding
International Scouting leaders
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Recipients of the Silver Fish Award
People from Pimlico
Writers from London