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On the occasion of the World Jamboree at Arrowe Park, Birkenhead, where 50,000 Boy Scouts celebrated the coming-of-age of the Scout Movement, the King honored the Chief Scout, Sir Robert Baden-Powell, by conferring a peerage upon him. The following announcement was issued from 10, Downing Street, on August 1, 1929:–

"The King has been pleased to approve that the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom be conferred upon Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Bt., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.C.B."

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