Baden Powell’s Scouting Centenary at Charterhouse

The world renowned Old Carthusian, Lord Robert Baden-Powell of Gilwell (g1876) founded the scouting movement on August 1st 1907 on Brownsea Island with twenty people. Yesterday both he and the scout movement were celebrated by millions of people, and, at Charterhouse, with a Sunrise Ceremony followed by a gathering of the World Scout Foundation and its President Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden.

The Godalming Scouts renewed their vows in the morning and they were joined by the World Scout Foundation and its President, Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden for a lunchtime celebration. The King actively participates in the foundation and under his patronage it has gone from strength to strength.


Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, Stewart Hawkins (R54)
and Chris Wheeler, ex Brooke Hall



Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden with a portrait
of Lord Baden-Powell