Chief Guide

In the Guide Movement, a Chief Guide is the uniformed head of a national Guiding organisation. Olave Baden-Powell, wife of Robert Baden Powell became the first Chief Guide in 1918.[1][2]

World Chief Guide

1930 - 1977 Olave Baden-Powell (only holder of this post)

UK Chief Guides

1910 - 1916 Agnes Baden-Powell

1916 - 1930 Olave Baden-Powell

1930 - 1939 Mrs Percy Birley

1939 - 1942 Mrs St John Atkinson

1942 - 1949 Finola, Lady Summers

1949 - 1956 The Lady Stratheden and Campbell

1956 - 1966 Anstice Gibbs

1966 - 1975 Ann Parker Bowles

1975 - 1980 Sheila Walker

1980 - 1985 Lady Patience Baden-Powell

1985 - 1990 June Paterson-Brown

1990 - 1995 Jane Garside

1995 - 1996 Margaret Wright

1996 - 2001 Bridget Towle

2001 - 2006 Jenny Leach

2006 - 2011 Liz Burnley

2011 - 2016 Gill Slocombe

2016 - 2017 Valerie Le Vaillant[3]

2018 - 2023 Amanda Medler

2023 - present Tracy Foster

Austria

• Charlotte Teuber-Weckersdorf

Gambia

• Rosamond Fowlis

See also

• Chief Scout (The Scout Association)

References

1. "History of Guiding". Archived from the original on 2009-01-09.
2. "Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, G.B.E., World Chief Guide".
3. "Leslie's Guiding History Site". Leslie's Guiding History Site. Retrieved 2019-07-17.