Sir Percy Winn Everett (b. 22 April 1870 Rushmere, Ipswich[1] – 23 February 1952 Elstree) 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.[2]
Percy Everett | |
|---|---|
| Born | 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 |
| Children | Geraldine Winn Everett |
| Parent | Robert Lacey Everett & Elizabeth Nussey |
Personal life
editEverett's was the third of eight children born to parents Robert Lacey Everett (1833-1916) and Elizabeth Nussey (b.1840). He married Sarah Cay (b.1872) in St. Hilda South Shields on 23 April 1896.[3] He 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]
Boy Scouts
editIn 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.[7] He became the first Scoutmaster of the 1st Elstree Scouts on 13 March 1908.[8] 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.[9] He was knighted in 1930, ‘For services in connection with the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Movement’.[2]: 104 [10]
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.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Who's Who, Volume 61, A. & C. Black, 1909.
- ^ 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).
- ^ FreeBMD.com.
- ^ "Village mourns for a 'Very Special Doctor'". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. 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.
- ^ "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.
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