Francis Vane Military person

For the murder exposed by Major Sir Francis Fletcher Vane, see Francis Sheehy-SkeffingtonSir Francis Patrick Fletcher-Vane, 5th Baronet (16 October 1861, Dublin, Ireland – 10 June 1934, London) was an early aide of Lord Baden-Powell's and a Scout Commissioner of London before Baden-Powell ousted him from the Scout Association. He later founded the Order of World Scouts, the earliest multinational Scouting movement, and is counted one of the founders of Scouting in Italy.

Personal facts

Birth dateOctober 16, 1861
Birth place
Dublin
Date of deathJune 10, 1934
Place of death
London

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Military person

military operations
Dublin
Easter Rising
Second Boer War
military branch
British Army
military commandCaptain in 26th Middlesex Cyclists
military unit
Scots Guards
relation
Henry Vane
service start1883
service end1883

Francis Vane on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/77196