Pickford was appointed as The Boy Scouts Association's Calcutta District Commissioner in 1916 and, in May 1919, the association promoted him to be its Chief Scout Commissioner for India. He met and accompanied Robert Baden-Powell and his wife, Olave Baden-Powell when they toured India in 1921. In 1922, having returned to England and bought a Surrey estate, The Boy Scouts Association appointed him as its Headquarters Commissioner for Overseas Scouts, a position he held until 1929. The Boy Scouts Association encouraged its branches to seek control of the Scout Movement by obtaining statutory monopolies from respective governments.[2] This was the major purpose of the visits by Overseas Commissioners Pickford and Lt. Col. Granville Walton in the 1920s and 1930s.[2] In 1922, Pickford became a member of the committee that wrote the inaugural constitution of the International Conference of the Boy Scout Movement. In 1930, The Boy Scouts Association appointed him as its Headquarters Commissioner of its new Development Department. In 1946, the association appointed him as its Headquarters Commissioner for Publicity.[3]
alfred, pickford, alfred, donald, pickle, pickford, 1872, october, 1947, english, businessman, made, wealth, from, jute, british, india, scouts, association, official, born, 1872, 1872died7, october, 1947, 1947, aged, nationalityenglishoccupationbusinessmankno. Sir Alfred Donald Pickle Pickford OBE 20 May 1872 7 October 1947 was an English businessman who made his wealth from jute in British India and was a Boy Scouts Association official Alfred PickfordBorn 1872 05 20 20 May 1872Died7 October 1947 1947 10 07 aged 75 NationalityEnglishOccupationBusinessmanKnown forThe Boy Scouts Association official Pickford was nominated as Sheriff of Calcutta in 1920 and as a member of the Indian Legislative Assembly in 1921 He was knighted in the same year 1 Pickford was appointed as The Boy Scouts Association s Calcutta District Commissioner in 1916 and in May 1919 the association promoted him to be its Chief Scout Commissioner for India He met and accompanied Robert Baden Powell and his wife Olave Baden Powell when they toured India in 1921 In 1922 having returned to England and bought a Surrey estate The Boy Scouts Association appointed him as its Headquarters Commissioner for Overseas Scouts a position he held until 1929 The Boy Scouts Association encouraged its branches to seek control of the Scout Movement by obtaining statutory monopolies from respective governments 2 This was the major purpose of the visits by Overseas Commissioners Pickford and Lt Col Granville Walton in the 1920s and 1930s 2 In 1922 Pickford became a member of the committee that wrote the inaugural constitution of the International Conference of the Boy Scout Movement In 1930 The Boy Scouts Association appointed him as its Headquarters Commissioner of its new Development Department In 1946 the association appointed him as its Headquarters Commissioner for Publicity 3 Pickford received the OBE in the 1946 New Year Honours 1 References edit a b PICKFORD Sir Alfred Donald Who Was Who A amp C Black 1920 2008 online edn Oxford University Press Dec 2007 accessed 24 Jan 2012 a b Robert Campbell 1996 Mount Morgan Blue Boy Scouts http www netpages free online co uk sha governor htm John S Wilson 1959 Scouting Round the World First edition Blandford Press p 19 21 46 83 127 155 246 nbsp This Scouting or Guiding article about a person is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alfred Pickford amp oldid 1180418432, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
