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Part One: Robert Baden-Powell: Founder Of The Boy Scouts

Behind the Bastards

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Baden Heifen Powell, the Founder of the Boy Scouts

Professor Robert Baden Powell, the founder of the Boy Scout, his name is Baden Heifen Powell. So why does he have a last name like Baden Powell? That's an interesting question. His mother was Henrietta Grace Smythe and she was the oldest daughter of Admiral William Henry Smythe,. The biggest thing you can be in the British Empire is a "fucking" admiral.

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