Michael Baden-Powell, 4th Baron Baden-Powell

Michael Baden-Powell was born in Sinoia, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe),[1] the second son of Peter Baden-Powell, later 2nd Baron Baden-Powell, and Carine Crause-Boardman.[2] After his father inherited the peerage, the family moved from Rhodesia to Britain in 1947.[1] He was educated at Pierrepont School, Frensham, England.[3] He worked for Fairey Aviation as a trainee engineer until April 1964, when he migrated to Australia, where he initially worked as a draftsman and eventually became an insurance sales agent.[2]

Baden-Powell had been a Scout Leader in Britain before moving to Australia.[4] He was heavily involved with Scouts Victoria, holding the position of State Commissioner - Special Duties. He had held a wide range of other positions in the organisation, including membership of associated philanthropic bodies such as the World Scout Foundation and Victorian Scout Foundation. He was also a Freemason and past Master of Baden-Powell Lodge No. 488 in Melbourne, Victoria, a Masonic Lodge founded in 1930, the first named after his grandfather, who donated the Volume of Sacred Law in 1931.[5][6][7]

In 1929, a Rolls-Royce car and an Eccles brand caravan were presented to his grandparents during the 3rd World Scout Jamboree. The car was sold in 1945. With John Ineson, Tony Harvey and Stephen Hilditch, he established a charitable company, B-P Jam Roll Ltd., which obtained a loan and purchased the car, nicknamed "Jam Roll" (from Jamboree and Rolls-Royce); funds were raised to repay the loan.[8][9] The car and caravan were reunited in 2007, during the 21st World Scout Jamboree after the car and its owner had been found by The Scout Association's archivist, Paul Moynihan, who made a proposal to purchase it.

Baden-Powell was also a member of the Victorian Branch of the National Australia Day Council.

Baden-Powell married Joan Phillips Berryman, daughter of Horace William Berryman, on 20 August 1966. They had three sons:[2]

• David Robert Baden-Powell, 5th Baron Baden-Powell (born 1971)
• Alexander Peter Baden-Powell (born 1973)
• Myles Warrington Baden-Powell (born 1975)

Baden-Powell lived in Melbourne, Australia,[10] and died on 3 July 2023, at the age of 82.[4] The title passed to his eldest son, David, who is also a member of Scouts Australia.[11]

• The Scout Association of Australia's 50-Year Service Award,
• Scouts Australia's Silver Kangaroo Award[12]
• Scout Association of Malaysia's order of the Green Forest
• Scout Association of Japan's Golden Pheasant and Medal of Merit
• Girl Guides Association of Malaysia's Medal of Merit.
• Guides Australia's Thanks Badge, 2007.
• Boy Scouts of America's Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Scouter’s Award, 2007.[13]