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.
Baden Powell Street has the unusual distinction of having been in two different locations. When the name was first used in 1900, it applied to a street off Oldpark Road, the next side-street above Hillview Road. This street was cleared in the late-20th century. It was then applied in the current century to a new street off Crumlin Road which replaced the earlier Jaffa Street and Harrybrook Street.
“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.