B. H. (Baden Henry) Baden-Powell

Born in Oxford in 1841, Baden Henry Baden-Powell was educated at St Paul's School and went on to serve in the Bengal Civil Service, working mainly in the Punjab. During his career he held roles in forestry and later in the judiciary, including service as a judge of the Chief Court at Lahore.

Alongside his official work, he became a prolific writer on Indian land systems, forest law, and rural institutions. His best-known books include The Land Systems of British India and The Indian Village Community, works that drew on settlement records and administrative experience to explain how land tenure and revenue systems operated across British India.

He was also part of the wider Baden-Powell family: his father was the Oxford mathematician and clergyman Baden Powell, and he was a half-brother of Robert Baden-Powell, later founder of the Scout movement. No suitable verified portrait image was found from the sources checked, so a profile image is not included here.