1st

Lord Baden Powell of Gilwell

Chief Scout of the World

1908 - 1941

2nd

Lord Sumers 

Chief Scout

1941 - 1944

3rd

Lord Rowallan

Chief Scout

1945 - 1959

4th

Sir Charles Maclean

Chief Scout

1959 - 1971

5th

Sir William Gladstone

Chief Scout

1972 - 1982

6th

Maj. Gen. M J H Walsh

Chief Scout

1982 - 1988

7th

William Garth Morrison

Chief Scout

1988 - 1996

8th

George Purdy

Chief Scout

1996 - 2004

9th

Peter Duncan 'Blue Peter Badge'

Chief Scout

                                                            2004 -