Percy Everett
Percy Everett | |
|---|---|
| Born | Percy Winn Everett 22 April 1870 Rushmere, Ipswich, England |
| Died | 23 February 1952 (aged 81) Elstree, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Editor |
| Employer | C. Arthur Pearson Limited |
| Known for | Deputy Chief Scout of The Boy Scouts Association |
| Spouse |
Sarah Cay (m. 1896) |
| Children | Geraldine Winn Everett |
| Parent(s) | Robert Lacey Everett and Elizabeth Nussey |
Sir Percy Winn Everett (22 April 1870 – 23 February 1952) was an English editor-in-chief for the publisher C. Arthur Pearson Limited and a Scouter who became The Boy Scouts Association's Deputy Chief Scout.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Born on 22 April 1870 in Rushmere, Ipswich,[2] Everett was the third of the eight children of parents Robert Lacey Everett (1833-1916) and Elizabeth Nussey (b. 1840).
Everett married Sarah Cay (b. 1872) in St. Hilda South Shields on 23 April 1896.[3] The couple had a daughter, Geraldine "Winn" Everett (1903–1998), who became a prominent physician in Elstree.[4] Her godfather was the notable English journalist, writer and editor, Bertram Fletcher Robinson.[5][6]
Everett died in Elstree on 23 February 1952.[7]
Boy Scouts
[edit]In 1906, Everett was assigned by Arthur Pearson to support Robert Baden-Powell in publishing Scouting for Boys. He helped organize and participated for a day in the Brownsea Island Scout camp in 1907 and organized much of the promotion around the launch of the book and Boy Scout scheme.[8] He became the first Scoutmaster of the 1st Elstree Scouts on 13 March 1908.[9]
In 1919, he organized the first Wood Badge leadership training in Gilwell Park. The Boy Scouts Association conferred a six-bead Wood Badge on Everett, which, in 1948, he passed to Gilwell Park's Camp Chief John Thurman, to be worn by successive leader trainers.[10] He was knighted in 1930, "For services in connection with the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Movement".[1]: 104 [11]
Everett wrote The First Ten Years in 1948 (88 pages, published by the East Anglian Daily Times), about the first ten years of the Scout Movement.
Girl Guides
[edit]Everett was Hon. secretary of the Girl Guides Association and was awarded the Silver Fish Award, the movement's highest adult honour, in 1921.[12]
References
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- ^ a b T. C. Sharma, Scouting As A Cocurricular, Sarup & Sons, 2003, ISBN 81-7625-351-0, ISBN 978-81-7625-351-2, 265 pages (page 17).
- ^ Who's Who, Volume 61, A. & C. Black, 1909.
- ^ FreeBMD.com.
- ^ "Village Mourns For A 'Very Special Doctor'". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. 1 January 2000. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ The Sherlock Holmes Journal vol. 29, #2 (Summer 2009), p. 49. Archived at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "B. Fletcher Robinson Chronology" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ Thain, Bruce (23 February 2012). "Tributes paid to Scouting pioneer Sir Percy Everett at Elstree Church". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "The first Deputy Chief Scout. B-P's 'Right-hand'". Scouting Milestones. Archived from the original on 21 June 2006. Retrieved 3 February 2007.
- ^ Hutchings, Emma (25 January 2007). "Be prepared... for 100 years". Borehamwood and Elstree Times. Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2007.
- ^ "The origins of the Wood Badge" (PDF). The Scout Association. August 2003. Retrieved 4 February 2007.
- ^ "Supplement To The London Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. 3 June 1930. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ "Awards". The Guider (Vol. VIII No. 90 ed.). London, UK: Girl Guides Association. June 1921. p. 94.
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