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Lieutenant Colonel '''Granville Walton''' served as Headquarters Commissioner for Overseas Scouts for [[The Scout Association|The Boy Scouts Association]]. The Boy Scouts Association encouraged its branches to seek control of the [[Scout Movement]] by obtaining statutory monopolies from respective local governments. This was the major purpose of the visits by Overseas Commissioners Walton and | Lieutenant Colonel '''Granville Walton''' served as Headquarters Commissioner for Overseas Scouts for [[The Scout Association|The Boy Scouts Association]]. The Boy Scouts Association encouraged its branches to seek control of the [[Scout Movement]] by obtaining statutory monopolies from respective local governments. This was the major purpose of the visits by Overseas Commissioners Walton and Alfred Pickford in the 1920s and 1930s. | ||
In 1955, Walton was awarded the ''[[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. at the 15th World Scout Conference. | In 1955, Walton was awarded the ''[[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. at the 15th World Scout Conference. | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
*Dr. [[László Nagy]], ''250 Million Scouts'', The [[World Scout Foundation]] and Dartnell Publishers, 1985, complete list through 1981, from which the French Scoutopedia article is sourced | *Dr. [[László Nagy]], ''250 Million Scouts'', The [[World Scout Foundation]] and Dartnell Publishers, 1985, complete list through 1981, from which the French Scoutopedia article is sourced | ||
*''Scouting Round the World'', [[J. S. Wilson|John S. Wilson]], first edition, Blandford Press 1959 p. 79 91 271 | *''Scouting Round the World'', [[J. S. Wilson|John S. Wilson]], first edition, Blandford Press 1959 p. 79 91 271 | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Walton, Granville}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Walton, Granville}} | ||
[[Category:Bronze Wolf awardees]] | [[Category:Bronze Wolf awardees]] | ||
[[Category:The Scout Association]] | [[Category:The Scout Association]] |