Baron Baden-Powell, of Gilwell in the

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in the

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created in 1929 for

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Sir Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baronet. He had been created

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, of Bentley, in the

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on 4 December 1922. Barons Baden-Powell (1929–present) * Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, 1st Baronet (1857–1941) * Arthur Robert Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell, 2nd Baronet (1913–1962) * Robert Crause Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell, 3rd Baronet (1936–2019) * David Michael Baden-Powell, 4th Baron Baden-Powell, 4rd Baronet (1940–present) Baden-Powell Baronets, of Bentley (1922–present) *Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baronet (1922–1941).

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