<P> Olave's mother was Katharine (née Hill; 4 Dec 1851--4 Feb 1932), one of eleven children descended from a line of Russian merchants on her father's (Hill) side . Katharine's mother was Georgina Marian Wilkins (Jul 1827--13 Dec 1894), one of fifteen children of George Wilkins and his wife Amelia Auriol Hay - Drummond (11 September 1794--31 January 1871), who was the daughter of Edward Hay - Drummond, with whom (as a Curate) George Wilkins had lodged--and eloped with the daughter to Gretna Green, where they were married on 2 September 1811, ten days before her 17th birthday . The couple then returned to live in the parental home in Hadleigh . Edward Hay - Drummond was a son of Robert Hay Drummond, who was a son of the 8th Earl of Kinnoull (23 June 1689--1 September 1709). </P> <P> Olave Soames was the third child and youngest daughter of her parents . She was educated by her parents and by a number of governesses at home . She lived in seventeen homes in the first 23 years of her life . Olave became keen on outdoor sports including tennis, swimming, football, skating and canoeing, and also played the violin . </P> <P> In January 1912, Olave met Second Boer War hero and founder of the Scouts, Robert Baden - Powell, on an ocean liner (RMSP Arcadian) on the way via the Caribbean to New York to start a lecture tour . She was 23, he was 55, and they shared the same birthday . They became engaged in September of the same year, causing a media sensation . They married on 30 October 1912 in a very private ceremony, in St. Peter's Church, Parkstone, her Parish Church . She was given away by her father; apart from clergy, the only other people present were his brother and sister and Robert Kekewich, a close friend of his, her mother & brother, her brother - in - law and Miss Sie Bower, a close friend of hers . </P> <P> The Scouts and Guides of England each donated a penny to buy the Baden - Powells a wedding gift of a car (note that this is not the Rolls - Royce known as "Jam - Roll" that was presented to them in 1929). Olave's father assisted financially with the purchase of Pax Hill near Bentley, Hampshire, as a family home where she lived with her husband from 29 January 1919 until 25 October 1938 . </P>

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