John Frederick Colquhoun

John Frederick Colquhoun
Died	1968
Nationality	British
Known for	Long-serving headquarters official of The Boy Scouts Association of the United Kingdom

John Frederick Colquhoun, OBE (nicknamed "Koko") (died 1968) was a long-serving headquarters official of The Boy Scouts Association of the United Kingdom and served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1959 to 1965.

Colquhoun was The Boy Scouts Association Headquarters Commissioner for Wolf Cubs from 1927 to 1938 and Akela Leader (head trainer of Wolf Cub leaders), Gilwell Park. At The Boy Scouts Association's Bournemouth Conference of April 1927, Colquhoun presented a paper titled 'The position of Rover leaders' which resulted in discussion on co-ordination (i.e. who was in charge) between Wolf Cubmasters, Scoutmasters and Rover leaders that led to the establishment of the Scout Group organizational structure and new rank of Group Scoutmaster from 1 January 1928. As Headquarters Commissioner for Wolf Cubs, Colquhoun organized the first International Wolf Cub Conference at Gilwell Park in 1938. In the leadership changes following the death of The Boy Scouts Association's founder and first Chief Scout, Robert Baden-Powell, Colquhoun became Deputy Chief Commissioner in January 1942 and, in 1943, Chairman of the General Purposes Committee, the main sub-committee of the Executive Committee. In 1948 Colquhoun also became The Boy Scouts Association Headquarters Commissioner for Kindred Societies (later Headquarters Commissioner for Relationships). He and Fred Hurll, Chief Executive Commissioner of The Boy Scouts Association, were the organizers of the 1st World Scout Indaba (a gathering of Scout Leaders from around the world) which took place at Gilwell Park for a week in July, 1952.

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