Sir Arthur Kirwan Agar (31 August 1877 – July 1942) was a British barrister and colonial judge. He was

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from 1936 to 1940.

Biography

Agar was the son of solicitor Edward Larpent Agar, of Milford House,

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and the grandson of

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, after whose father

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was named. His siblings included the landscape designer

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and the Anglo-Australian zoologist

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. Agar was educated at

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. During the

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, he served in the

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, reaching the rank of

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. After being called to the English Bar by

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, Agar entered the

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in 1920. He was appointed

in 1936, serving until 1940.

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in 1939, Agar died in Springfield,

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in 1942. Agar married in 1905 Winifred Milbourne Raynes, daughter of John George Raynes; they had two daughters. He married secondly in 1930 Josephine Hutchings, daughter of Hugh Houston Hutchings.

References

* "Sir Arthur Kirwan Agar", ''The Times'', 20 July 1942, p. 8. 1877 births 1942 deaths People educated at Brighton College Royal Army Service Corps officers British Army personnel of World War I Members of Gray's Inn Colonial Legal Service officers Chief Justices of British Honduras Knights Bachelor {{UK-judge-stub