Bear Grylls
Adventurer and TV presenter, star of You vs. Wild
- Entries
- 8
- On the record
- 0
- Stories
- 1
- Latest entry
- Nov 6, 2026
The record
Bear Grylls, the adventurer and television presenter, has a public record built mostly on Scouting and state honours. In 2009 he became the youngest Chief Scout in the history of the UK Scouts, and in November 2018 the World Organization of the Scout Movement named him its first Chief Ambassador of World Scouting; his first act in that role was launching Scouts for SDGs at United Nations headquarters in New York.
In the 2019 Birthday Honours, published in the London Gazette on June 8, 2019, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, listed as Edward Michael Grylls, Chief Scout, for services to young people, to the media and to charity. The UK Scouts now list Dwayne Fields as their 11th Chief Scout, in post since September 2024.
His link to the Russell Brand case comes from early 2024, when he helped baptise Brand in the River Thames near Henley-on-Thames. After Brand's conviction in November 2026, Grylls wrote that Brand's faith had seemed genuine to him at the time, that judgement was for the courts and God, and that it was right that justice had now been served.
Roles and honours on the record
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Said on Twitter 'it is right that justice has now been served' after the Brand verdict, per Deadline. Bear Grylls on Russell Brand verdict: 'justice has now been served'
- Reported
Confirmed to the Daily Mail he stood beside Brand at his Thames baptism, per The Independent. Bear Grylls on Russell Brand verdict: 'justice has now been served'
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The record, entry by entry
- 2009 Official Grylls became the youngest Chief Scout in the UK's history, according to the World Organization of the Scout Movement. World Organization of the Scout Movement, announcement
- 2018-11-16 Official The World Organization of the Scout Movement appointed Grylls its first Chief Ambassador of World Scouting. His first act was launching Scouts for SDGs at UN headquarters in New York. World Organization of the Scout Movement, announcement
- 2019-06-08 Official The London Gazette's Birthday Honours list named Edward Michael Grylls, Chief Scout, an Ordinary Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to young people, to the media and to charity. London Gazette, Supplement 62666, Birthday Honours List 2019
- 2024 Reported Grylls helped baptise Russell Brand in the River Thames near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, in early 2024, Nation.Cymru reported. Nation.Cymru report
- 2024-09 Official The UK Scouts list Dwayne Fields as the 11th Chief Scout, in post since September 2024, an unpaid volunteer role. The Scouts, Chief Scout page
- 2026-11-06 Reported After Brand's conviction, Grylls wrote that Brand's faith seemed genuine to him at the time, that judgement was for the courts and God, and that it was right that justice had now been served. Nation.Cymru report