Garnet de la Hunt

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

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]

World Organization of the Scout Movement
Preceded by Abdourahmane Sow	Chairman, World Scout Committee 1999–2002	Succeeded by Marie-Louise Correa
Preceded by Colin Inglis	Chief Scout, Boy Scouts of South Africa 1985–1995	Succeeded by Nkwenkwe Nkomo

References

^ "Nkwenkwe Nkomo elected to World Scout Committee". South African Scout Association. September 2005. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
^ "List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award". World Organization of the Scout Movement. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
^ "Garnet de la Hunt" (PDF). SCOUTS South Africa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.