“That on the application of the owner Mr Wm Armstrong of 25 Bedford Street two new streets on his property situate off Old Park Road be named Buller Street and Baden Powell Street”. Minutes, Improvement Committee, 21st March 1900. Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell ( 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide Girl Guide / Girl Scout Movement. In 1900, Baden-Powell became a national hero in Britain for his 217-day defense of Mafeking in the South African War. Baden Powell Street off Oldpark Road is listed in the Belfast / Ulster Street Directory 1901.