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[[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]] '''Robert Townshend Anwyl-Passingham''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]] [[Justice of the peace|JP]] (16 October 1867 – 10 June 1926), was Deputy Inspector-General of Military Police in Burma and Double Company Commander of the [[72nd Punjabis]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HHY_AQAAMAAJ&q=r.t.%20anwyl%20passingham|title=Who's who in Wales|first=Arthur|last=Mee|date=1 January 1921|publisher=Western Mail Limited|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="thegazette.co.uk">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30730/supplement/6708/data.pdf ''Supplement to The London Gazette'', 7 June 1918, Issue 30730, p. 6708]</ref> He retired in 1907 but during [[World War I]] served as Assistant Director of Recruiting in Wrexham and later Assistant Director of National Service for North Wales; for his wartime service he was made [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]].<ref name="thegazette.co.uk"/> A prominent figure in [[Merionethshire]], Anwyl-Passingham served as a [[Justice of the peace]], [[Deputy Lieutenant]] and, in 1925, as [[High sheriff]] of that county.<ref name="thegazette.co.uk1">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32880/page/7852/data.pdf ''The London Gazette'', 16 November 1923, Issue 32880, p. 7852]</ref><ref name="dnw.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/special-collections/lot.php?specialcollection_id=456&lot_id=52759|title=Lot 587, 9 December 1999 – Dix Noonan Webb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SSo6AQAAMAAJ&q=r.t.+anwyl+passingham&pg=PP9|title=An Alphabetical Account of the Nobility and Gentry, which are (or Lately Were) Related Unto the Several Counties of England and Wales: As to Their Names, Titles, and Seats by which They are (or Have Been) Generally Known and Distinguished; According as They Were Received from the Hands of Divers Persons Experienced Therein in Each County by Their Publick Offices, Or Otherwise; the Like Never Before Published|first=Richard|last=Blome|date=1 January 1673|publisher=privately printed|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://diogel.cyngor.gwynedd.gov.uk/DATRhagorol/RhestrEitem.aspx?iaith=en&rhif_archif=13&rhif_rhiant=159282|title=Rhagorol online catalogue}}</ref><ref name="thegazette.co.uk2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33030/page/1874|title = Page 1874 | Issue 33030, 17 March 1925 | London Gazette | the Gazette}}</ref>

==Life==
Robert Townshend Passingham was born in London on 16 October 1867, the son of Major Robert Townshend Anwyl-Passingham, DL JP, of Bryn-e-groes, Merioneth.<ref>''Kelly’s Handbook of Distinguished People''. Published by Kelly’s Directories, 1923</ref> His younger brother was the soldier [[Augustus Mervyn Owen Anwyl Anwyl-Passingham]] (1880–1955), and two of his sisters married [[Nobility of Italy|Italian noblemen]].<ref name="vis">[[iarchive:visitationofengl18howa/page/64|''The Visitation of England and Wales'']], vol. 18 (1914), pp. 63-64.</ref>

He was educated at [[Bedford Modern School]] and [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Sandhurst]],<ref>Register of the Old Boys of the [[Bedford Modern School]]. Compiled by H.E. Vipan. Published [[Bedford]] by W. Robinson, 1900. Chapter IV, School Honours, p. vii</ref> and changed his surname to Anwyl-Passingham by deed poll on 8 October 1888.<ref>''[[The Times]]'', London, 19 October 1888, p.1</ref>

Anwyl-Passingham was commissioned as a lieutenant in the [[South Wales Borderers]] on 30 January 1886 and served with the Burmese Expedition between 1886 and 1889 (medal with clasps).<ref>Kelly's Handbook Of Distinguished People. Published by Kelly's Directories, 1923</ref> He joined the Madras Staff Corps of the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] on 4 March 1888 and was appointed wing officer; he served again in Burma between 1889 and 1892 with the 12th Mounted Infantry (Burma Battalion).<ref name="dnw.co.uk"/><ref>The Colonies and India, London, England, 29 January 1890, p.26</ref> In January 1892 he was made station commander (3rd Class) at [[Hakha]] and attained the rank of captain in January 1897.<ref name="dnw.co.uk"/><ref>''[[The Times]]'', London, 9 March 1897, p.8</ref>

In 1898, Anwyl-Passingham became commandant of the Mogaung Battalion, Burma Military Police, and in 1900 officiated as Deputy Inspector-General of Military Police in Burma.<ref>The India List. Published by Harrison and Sons, London, 1898</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNM_AQAAMAAJ&q=r.t.%20anwyl%20passingham|title=Report on the Police Administration|first=Burma Police|last=Dept|date=1 January 1901|via=Google Books}}</ref> He spent the remainder of his career with the [[72nd Punjabis]] as a major and Double Company Commander.<ref name="auto"/><ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27679/page/3354/data.pdf ''The London Gazette'', 24 May 1904, Issue 27679, p. 3354]</ref> He retired in 1907.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j1i-BAAAQBAJ&q=robert+townshend+anwyl-passingham&pg=PA97-IA9|title=Indian Army List January 1919 – Volume 3|first=Army Headquarters|last=India|date=6 February 2012|publisher=Andrews UK Limited|isbn=9781781502594|via=Google Books}}</ref>

During [[World War I]], Anwyl-Passingham was assistant director of recruiting in Wrexham and later assistant director of national service for North Wales; for his wartime service he was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[1918 Birthday Honours (OBE)|1918 Birthday Honours]].<ref name="thegazette.co.uk"/><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30730 |date=7 June 1918 |pages=6708 |supp=y}}(GBE, KBE, DBE, CBE, OBE, MBE (6717–6749)</ref> A prominent figure in [[Merionethshire]], he served as [[Justice of the peace]], [[Deputy Lieutenant]] and, in 1925, as [[High sheriff]] of that county.<ref name="thegazette.co.uk1"/><ref name="dnw.co.uk"/><ref name="thegazette.co.uk2"/>

On 7 January 1906, Anwyl-Passignham married Charlotte Angie Bigoe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HHY_AQAAMAAJ&q=badger|title=Who's who in Wales|first=Arthur|last=Mee|date=1 January 1921|publisher=Western Mail Limited|via=Google Books}}</ref> He died in North Wales on 10 June 1926.<ref>''[[The Times]]'', London, 11 June 1926, p.1</ref>

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