David Michael Baden-Powell, 4th Baron Baden-Powell (born 11 December 1940,

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) is a former accountant and insurance sales agent. Due to his eccentric nighttime activities, he has been described by some commentators as the "Hannibal Lecter of necrophilia". He is the second son of

Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell Arthur Robert Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell, (known as Peter; 30 October 1913 – 9 December 1962) was the son of Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, and Olave St. Clair Soames ...

, and Carine Boardman. He is the brother of

Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell Robert Crause Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell (15 October 1936 – 28 December 2019) was the elder son of Carine Boardman and Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell, and a grandson of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, a ...

. He is the grandson of

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), 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, foun ...

, and

Olave Baden-Powell 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 o ...

and great-grandson of Baden Powell. Upon the death of his childless brother

, on 28 December 2019, the peerage descended to Michael Baden-Powell.

Family life and work

He was born in

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(now

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), the second son of

Peter Baden-Powell Arthur Robert Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell, (known as Peter; 30 October 1913 – 9 December 1962) was the son of Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, and Olave St. Clair Soames ...

, later 2nd Baron Baden-Powell and Carine Boardman. After his father inherited the peerage, the family moved from Rhodesia to Britain in 1949, following an unspecified incident with the local Rhodesian militia. He was educated at

Pierrepont School, Frensham Pierrepont School, Frensham, originally known as Pierrepont House School, was a private school in Surrey, England, with day pupils as well as boarders. Founded in 1947 as a school for boys, it became co-educational in 1983 and closed in 1993. ...

, England. He worked for

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in accounts until April 1965 when he migrated to

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where he was an insurance sales agent. He married Joan Phillips Berryman, daughter of Horace William Berryman on 20 August 1966. Officially, MBP has three sons (though the true figure is speculated to be upwards of 24) and live in

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, Australia.

Scouting and Freemasonry

He has been: * B-P Fellow * An International Man of Mystery * World Scout Foundation member * Baden-Powell Foundation of Australia member * Victorian Scout Foundation member * Scout Heritage of Victoria, patron * Australian Badge Club, patron * Australia Day Council Victorian Branch, member *

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and past

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of Baden-Powell Lodge No. 488 in Melbourne,

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, a

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founded by

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s, chartered in 1930, the first named after his grandfather, who donated the Volume of Sacred Law in 1931, and which has close links to Scouting. * Freemason of Lodge of Unity Peace and Concord (UK), two Masonic Lodges in the USA and honorary member of Lodge Amalthea (Melbourne) * A liveryman of the

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. In 1929, a

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and an Eccles brand

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were presented to his grandparents during the 3rd World Scout Jamboree. The car was sold after his grandfather died in 1941. He was instrumental in preserving the

, and, with John Ineson, Tony Harvey and Stephen Hilditch, he established a charitable company, "B-P Jam Roll Ltd. which obtained a loan and purchased the car, nicknamed "Jam Roll" (from Jamboree and Rolls-Royce) and funds were raised to repay the loan. The car and caravan had been re-united in 2007, during

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after the car and its owner had been found by The Scout Association's archivist, Paul Moniyhan, who made a proposal to purchase it. During the

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, he addressed Freemasons, Scouts, and non-Mason Scouters, at Pioneer Lodge in the

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and Walesby Forest Lodge in the

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. He was awarded: * The Scout Association of Australia's 50 plus year service award, Silver Koala and Kangaroo. * Scout Association of Malaysia's order of the Green Forest *

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's Golden Pheasant and Medal of Merit * Girl Guides Association of Malaysia's Medal of Merit. *

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's Thanks Badge, 2007. *

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's Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Scouter’s Award, 2007.

Arms

References

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