Controversy surrounds Robert Baden Powell, and this has led to his statue in Poole Harbour, Dorset, where the Scout movement was started, to be targeted by activists.

Baden-Powell retired from the Army in 1910 to focus on the Scouts. However, his record in the army was not free from controversy. Documents, which were sold at auction in 2009 related to an inquiry into his conduct during the execution of an African leader of the 1896 Matabeleland rebellion, and suggested Baden-Powell ignored a pledge to spare the man’s life.

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