| Honorific Prefix: | Major |
| Robert Townshend Anwyl-Passingham | |
| Birth Name: | Robert Townshend Passingham |
| Birth Date: | 1867 10, df=y |
| Birth Place: | London, England, UK |
| Death Place: | North Wales, UK |
| Education: | Bedford Modern School |
| Spouse: | Charlotte Angie Bigoe (m. 1906) |
Major Robert Townshend Anwyl-Passingham OBE DL JP (16 October 1867 – 10 June 1926) was Deputy Inspector-General of Military Police in Burma and Double Company Commander of the 72nd Punjabis.[1] [2] 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 OBE.[2] A prominent figure in Merionethshire, Anwyl-Passingham served as a JP, DL, and, in 1925, as High sheriff of that county.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
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.[8] His younger brother, Augustus (1880–1955), was a soldier. Two of his sisters married Italian noblemen.[9]
He was educated at Bedford Modern School and Sandhurst,[10] and changed his surname to Anwyl-Passingham by deed poll on 8 October 1888.[11]
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).[12] He joined the Madras Staff Corps of the 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).[4] [13] In January 1892 he was made station commander (3rd Class) at Hakha and attained the rank of captain in January 1897.[4] [14]
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.[15] [16] He spent the remainder of his career with the 72nd Punjabis as a major and Double Company Commander.[1] [17] He retired in 1907.[18]
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.[2] A prominent figure in Merionethshire, he served as JP, DL, and, in 1925, as High Sheriff of that county.[3] [4] [7]
On 7 January 1906, Anwyl-Passignham married Charlotte Angie Bigoe.[19] He died in North Wales on 10 June 1926, aged 58.[20]