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Sir Robert Baden-Powell, O.M., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.C.B. Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell

BRITISH HONOURS & DECORATIONS

	Ashanti Star	1895-96
	Matabele Campaign (British South Africa Company Medal)	1896-97
	Queen’s South Africa Medal	1899
	Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)	1900
	King’s South Africa Medal	1901
	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)	1909
	Knight Commander of the Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.)	1909
	King George V Coronation Medal	1911
	Knight of Grace of St John of Jerusalem	1912
Baronetcy	1922
	Knight Grand Cross of the Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.)	1923
	Knight Grand Cross of Order of St Michael and St George (G.C.M.G.)	1927
Peerage: Barony	1929
	King George V Jubilee Medal	1935
	Order of Merit (O.M.)	1937
	King George Vl Coronation Medal	1937

Baden-Powell served five English sovereigns: Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, and George VI. Each was a patron and supporter, Victoria and Edward VII during B-P’s military years and Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII and George VI during the growth of Scouting. B-P’s British honors and decorations are listed under the sovereign who conferred them along with biographical links for each.

SCOUTING HONORS

FOREIGN ORDERS & DECORATIONS:

	Chilean Order of Merit	1910
	Knight Grand Cross of Alfonso XII (Spain)	1919
	Grand Commander of the Order of Christ (Portugal)	1920
	Grand Commander of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece)	1920
	Storkos of the Order of Dannebrog (Denmark)	1921
	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)	1921
	Commander of the Legion of Honour (France)	1922
	Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland)	1927
	Order of Amanullah (Afghanistan)	1928
	Order of Merit, First Class (Hungary)	1929
	Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia)	1929
	Order of the Phoenix (Greece)	1929
	Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (Austria)	1931
	Grand Cross of Gediminas (Lithuania)	1932
	Grand Cross of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands)	1932
	Commander of the Order of the Oaken Crown (Luxembourg)	1932
	Order of the Red Cross of Estonia	1933
	Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword (Sweden)	1933
	Grand Cross of the Order of the Three Stars (Latvia)	1933
	Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (France)	1936
Awarded Wateler Peace Prize	1937

HONORARY DEGREES:

	Doctor of Law, University of Edinburgh	1910
	Doctorate (Honorary), University of Toronto	1923
	Doctorate (Honorary) McGill University, Montreal	1923
	Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) Oxford University	1923
	LL.D. University of Liverpool	1929
	LL.D. Cambridge University	1931

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