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     Lt.-Cdr. Walter Lockett Agnew was born on 4 May 1898.¹ He was the son of Charles Leonard Agnew and Alice Rowley Nelson.¹ He married Rosamund Mildred Robertson, daughter of Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Bt. and Mildred Adelaide Palin, on 10 May 1922.¹ He died on 12 July 1942 at age 44.¹
     He was educated at Royal Naval College, Osborne, Isle of Wight, England^G.¹ He was educated at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Commander in 1939.¹

     Rosamund Mildred Robertson was born on 21 September 1901.² She was the daughter of Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Bt. and Mildred Adelaide Palin.^1,2 She married Lt.-Cdr. Walter Lockett Agnew, son of Charles Leonard Agnew and Alice Rowley Nelson, on 10 May 1922.¹ She died on 15 July 1961 at age 59.¹
     From 10 May 1922, her married name became Agnew.¹

     Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Bt. was born on 29 January 1860.² He was the son of Thomas Charles Robertson and Ann Dexter Beet.² He married Mildred Adelaide Palin, daughter of Lt.-Gen. Charles Thomas Palin, on 8 September 1894.² He died on 12 February 1933 at age 73.²
     He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in 1888 in the 3rd Dragoon Guards.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1891.² He fought in the Chitral Expedition in 1895.² He gained the rank of Captain in 1895.² He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1896.² He gained the rank of Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in 1900.² He fought in the Boer War in 1900.² He gained the rank of Colonel in 1903.² He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1905.² He was appointed Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) in 1910.² He gained the rank of Major-General in 1910.² He was appointed Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.) in 1913.² He fought in the First World War.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1915.² He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in 1915.² He was Chief of General Staff of the BEF in 1915.² He was CIGS of the War Office between 1915 and 1916.² He gained the rank of General in 1916.² He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) in 1917.² He was GOC of the Eastern Command in 1918.² He was GOC of the Great Britain between 1918 and 1919.² He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of St. Michael and St. George (G.C.M.G.) in 1919.² He was GOC of the Army of the Rhine between 1919 and 1920.² He was created 1st Baronet Robertson, of Oakridge, co. Gloucester [U.K.] on 4 October 1919, with the thanks of Parliament and £10,000.¹ He gained the rank of Field Marshal in 1920.² He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.) in 1931.²

     Rosamund Anne Agnew was born on 15 February 1923.¹ She was the daughter of Lt.-Cdr. Walter Lockett Agnew and Rosamund Mildred Robertson.¹ She married Hugo William Harvey Bowen, son of Richard William Bowen, on 5 June 1945.¹ She died on 8 August 2013 at age 90.²
     From 5 June 1945, her married name became Bowen.¹ She has three adopted children.¹

     Hugo William Harvey Bowen was the son of Richard William Bowen.¹ He married Rosamund Anne Agnew, daughter of Lt.-Cdr. Walter Lockett Agnew and Rosamund Mildred Robertson, on 5 June 1945.¹ He died on 13 June 2013.²

     Arthur Brian Agnew was born on 23 March 1903.¹ He was the son of Charles Leonard Agnew and Alice Rowley Nelson.¹ He died in December 1942 at age 39, while working on the Siam Railway, as a Japanese POW.¹
     He was educated at Repton School, Repton, Derbyshire, England^G.¹ He was a farmer at New Zealand^G.¹ He was manager of a rubber plantation at Malaysia^G.¹ He gained the rank of Corporal in 1940 in the Johore Volunteer Volunteer Engineers.¹

     Charles Guy Agnew was born on 14 February 1908.¹ He was the son of Charles Leonard Agnew and Alice Rowley Nelson.¹ He married Enid Barbara Plimsoll, daughter of Samuel Richard Cobden Plimsoll, on 10 March 1938.¹ He died on 27 January 1973 at age 64, without issue.¹
     He was educated at Rugby School, Rugby, Warwickshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹

     Enid Barbara Plimsoll was the daughter of Samuel Richard Cobden Plimsoll.¹ She married Charles Guy Agnew, son of Charles Leonard Agnew and Alice Rowley Nelson, on 10 March 1938.¹ She died on 18 February 1971.¹
     From 10 March 1938, her married name became Agnew.¹

     Samuel Richard Cobden Plimsoll was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹