Garnet de la Hunt
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Herbert William Garnet de la Hunt GCOB (25 August 1933 – 28 April 2014) served as the Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts of South Africa, as well as the Vice-Chairman of the Africa Scout Committee, and was the first South African to be elected to the World Scout Committee, a member from 1996 to 2002 and held the post of chairman of the committee.[1] In 1994, de la Hunt was awarded the 234th Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.[2] On 27 April 2013 he received the Order of the Baobab.[3]
Preceded byAbdourahmane Sow
Succeeded byMarie-Louise Correa
Born25 August 1933
Died28 April 2014 (aged 80)
Garnet de la Hunt | |
|---|---|
| Chairman, World Scout Committee | |
| In office 1999–2002 | |
| Preceded by | Abdourahmane Sow |
| Succeeded by | Marie-Louise Correa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 August 1933 |
| Died | 28 April 2014 (aged 80) |
