A name particularly identified from ancient times with Wales, ‘Powell’ nevertheless features prominently in the historical record of a number of other nations.
• From the stage and sport to music, literature and politics, bearers of the name have achieved fame, honours and distinction.
• Born in London in 1857, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, was the founder of what is now the worldwide Scouting Movement and whose 1908 book Scouting for Boys holds the record as the fourth best-selling book of the twentieth century.
