Sir Andrew Noel Agnew, 9th Baronet, JP (14 August 1850 – 14 July 1928) was a British

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Succession

Agnew was the son of

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and Lady Mary Arabella Louisa Noel, and succeeded his father as 9th Baronet, of Lochnaw on the latter's death on 25 March 1892. On his own death in 1928 he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew Fulque Agnew.

Education

He attended

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Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

and

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Career

Agnew was commissioned a

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in the

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on 28 February 1900, and rose to the rank of

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before he retired. He was

(MP) for Edinburgh South from 1900 to 1906. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of

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on 21 March 1904. He was

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for Wigtownshire.

Family

He married Gertrude Vernon, daughter of Hon.

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and Caroline Fazakerley, on 15 October 1889, but the marriage produced no children. Lady Agnew was the subject of a famous portrait by

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References

thePeerage.com
*'AGNEW, Sir Andrew Noel', ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edition, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007

External links

* 1850 births 1928 deaths

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Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia Liberal Unionist Party MPs for Scottish constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Edinburgh constituencies UK MPs 1900–1906 Deputy Lieutenants of Wigtownshire People educated at Harrow School People educated at Windlesham House School {{Scotland-UK-MP-stub