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Birth1 May 1810
Death16 Feb 1884, Royal India Asylum, Ealing
Burial23 Feb 1884, Brompton Cemetery, Middlesex
General2nd triplet. In Madras Infantry of indian army, retired 1853.
FatherRev Thomas Powys (1768-1817)
MotherElizabeth Palgrave (1773-1842)
Notes for Major Philip Annesley Secundus Powys
He appears to have joined the Indian Army.  See ref IOR/L/MIL/11/64 and others like it.

And record number IOR/L/AG/23/10/1 no.2385 of the India Office has the following:

Powys, Philip Annesley Secundus 1810-1884
Madras Army, b. 2 May 1810, d 16 Feb 1884 Middlesex
Retired 7 Mar 1853
m (1) Mary Anne 1838 (b 1820)
  (2) Caroline Harriet Brockman 13 Mar 1851 (b 26 Jan 1838, d 16 Jul 1920)
Charles Littleton b 22 Jan 1852
Mary Ada b 7 Jul 1858, d 9 Oct 1877.
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His record on the India Office site is:

Name: Philip Annesley Secundus POWYS
Event type: Biography
Start date: 02 May
Start year: 1810
End date: 16 Feb
End year: 1884
Biographical notes: Madras Army, b 2 May 1810, d 16 Feb 1884; Retired 7 Mar 1853; m (1) Mary Anne 1838 (b 1820) (2) Caroline Harriet BROCKMAN 13 Mar 1851; (b 26 Jan 1836, d 16 Jul 1920) Charles Littleton b 22 Jan 1852; Mary Ada b 7 Jul 1857, d 9 Oct 1877
Transcribed by: British Library
India Office Records Reference:
L/AG/23/10/1-2
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His death certificate held in the India Office records states that he died in the India Asylum at Ealing from Dementiam 3 years, Natural Decay, Certified by J B Christie M.D.

From the London Gazette:

6 Feb 1855: “To be MAJORS in the East Indies.  ...  Captain ... Philip Annesley Secundus Powys, Madras Infantry.”
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His burial at Brompton Cemetery:

BIRTH unknown
DEATH 23 Feb 1884
BURIAL
Brompton Cemetery
West Brompton, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England Add to Map
PLOT 2, 192.0, 32.3
MEMORIAL ID 221963192 ยท View Source

Note that the death date of this record is in fact the burial date.
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Notes for Philip Annesley Secundus & Mary Ann Charlotte (Family)
Married in India:

First name(s) Philip Amesley Secundus
Last name Powys
Marriage year 1838
Marriage date 11 Sep 1838
Spouse's first name Mary Anne Charlotte
Spouse's last name Morphett
Place Cannanore
Presidency Madras
Catalogue description Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Madras, : 1698-1948
Archive reference N-2-17
Folio number 294
Record set British India Office marriages


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Notes for Philip Annesley Secundus & Caroline Harriet Locke (Family)
Married in India:

First name(s) Philip Annesley
Last name Powys
Marriage year 1851
Marriage date 13 Mar 1851
Spouse's first name Caroline Harriet Locke
Spouse's last name Brockman
Place Bangalore, St Mark
Presidency Madras
Groom's age 40
Bride's age 15
Groom's father's first name Thomas
Groom's father's last name Powys
Bride's father's first name Henry John
Bride's father's last name Brockman
Catalogue description Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Madras, : 1698-1948
Archive reference N-2-30
Folio number 108
Record set British India Office marriages
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