Herbert Stuart Pakington, 4th Baron Hampton

Herbert Stuart Pakington, 4th Baron Hampton (15 May 1883 – 30 October 1962), served as Chief Commissioner of The Scout Association.[1]


The Lord Hampton
Lord Hampton in coronation robes, 1911
Born(1883-05-15)May 15, 1883
DiedOctober 30, 1962(1962-10-30) (aged 79)
EducationWellington College, Berkshire
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
OccupationChief Commissioner of The Scout Association
AwardsBoy Scouts of America Silver Buffalo Award (1931)

He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[2] He became the 4th Baron Hampton in 1906. He was a 1931 recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award.[3]

Pakington's sister Mary Augusta Pakington was an English dramatist.[4]

Published works

  • Herbert Stuart Pakington (1925). Scouting Sketches: Being An Apology, a Prologue, and Ten Effusions in Praise of the Game. London: C. Arthur Pearson. with a Foreword by B-P

See also

References

  1. John S. Wilson (1959). Scouting Round the World (First ed.). Blandford Press. pp. 46, 88, 104, 127. ASIN B000AQMKTI.
  2. Hampton (1961–1970). Who Was Who. Bloomsbury Publishing plc. ISBN 0-7136-2008-0.
  3. "Silver Buffalo Award Winners 1939–1930". Boy Scouts of America. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  4. "Hampton". Burke's Peerage and Baronetage. 100: 976. 1953.


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