Erection date: 12/7/1961
{Plaque on front of plinth:} Robert First Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell O.M., 1857-1941, founder of the Boy Scout Movement.
{Left of plinth:} 19 DP 61
Unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester, President of the Scout Association as part of the official opening of the building. We thank Jamie Davis for finding this link to the British Pathe news film of the unveiling, where we also see a plaque inside the building being unveiled by the Queen.
Statues are seldom carved in granite (a very hard stone). Another one is William IV in Greenwich.
Site: Baden-Powell statue (1 memorial)
SW7, Queen's Gate, 65-67 Baden-Powell House
2021: Alan Freeland wrote to say "Sadly Baden Powell House has been sold - Baden Powell statue is no longer outside." So we've marked it as lost. We think it has probably been taken to Scouting HQ at Gilwell Park, near Chingford, along with the other Baden-Powell memorabilia.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
