There have been three Agnew baronetcies. The first was created in the

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. The second and third were created in the

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Agnew baronets of Lochnaw, Co. Wigtown (28 July 1629)

Sir Patrick Agnew, 1st Baronet Sir Patrick Agnew, 1st Baronet (c. 1578–1661) was the son of Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw and Agnes Stewart. Succession He was created 1st Baronet Agnew, of Lochnaw on 28 July 1629. On his death in 1661 he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his e ...

(c. 1578–1661) *

Sir Andrew Agnew, 2nd Baronet Sir Andrew Agnew, 2nd Baronet (died 1671) was a Scottish parliamentary shire commissioner for Wigtownshire and Sheriff of Kirkcudbright. Succession He was the son of Sir Patrick Agnew, 1st Baronet and Margaret Kennedy. He succeeded his father as ...

(died 1671) *

Sir Andrew Agnew, 3rd Baronet Sir Andrew Agnew, 3rd Baronet (died 1702) was the son of Sir Andrew Agnew, 2nd Baronet and Lady Anne Stewart. Succession He succeeded his father as 3rd Baronet Agnew, of Lochnaw on the latter's death in 1671. On his death in 1702 he was succeed ...

(died 1702) *Sir James Agnew, 4th Baronet (c. 1660–1735) *

Sir Andrew Agnew, 5th Baronet Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Agnew, 5th Baronet JP (21 December 1687 – 14 August 1771) was the son of Sir James Agnew, 4th Baronet and Lady Mary Montgomerie. Succession He succeeded his father as 5th Baronet, of Lochnaw on the latter's dea ...

(1687–1771) *Sir Stair Agnew, 6th Baronet (1734–1809) *

Sir Andrew Agnew, 7th Baronet Sir Andrew Agnew, 7th Baronet (21 March 1793 – 28 April 1849) was a Scottish politician and a prominent promoter of Sunday Sabbatarianism, which brought him to the notice of Charles Dickens who criticised both his cause and his character. Biog ...

(1793–1849) *

Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Baronet Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Baronet DL (2 January 1818 – 25 March 1892) was a British politician and baronet. Early life Agnew was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 2 January 1818 into the Scottish Lowlands Clan Agnew.George Edward Cokayne, editor, ' ...

(1818–1892) *

Sir Andrew Noel Agnew, 9th Baronet Sir Andrew Noel Agnew, 9th Baronet, Justice of the Peace, JP (14 August 1850 – 14 July 1928) was a British Liberal Unionist Party, Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament (UK), Member of Parliament. Succession Agnew was the son of Sir Andrew Agne ...

(1850–1928) *

Sir Fulque Melville Gerald Noel Agnew, 10th Baronet Sir Fulque Melville Gerald Noel Agnew, 10th Baronet (6 October 1900, Bangalore, India – 28 August 1975, Mzuzu, Malawi) was the son of Major Charles Hamlyn Agnew (3rd son of Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw, 8th Baronet, and Lady Louisa Noel or Agnew ...

(1900–1975) * Sir Crispin Hamlyn Agnew, 11th Baronet (born 1944) The

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is the present holder's son Mark Douglas Noel Agnew (born 1991)

Agnew baronets of Great Stanhope Street, London (2 September 1895)

Sir William Agnew, 1st Baronet Sir William Agnew, 1st Baronet (20 October 1825 – 31 October 1910) was an English politician and art dealer. Thomas Agnew & Sons, his London art business in Mayfair flourished as one of the leading art dealerships in London from 1860, until i ...

(1825–1910) * Sir George William Agnew, 2nd Baronet (1852–1941) *Sir John Stuart Agnew, 3rd Baronet TD JP DL (16 September 1879 – 27 August 1957). Agnew was the son of Sir George William Agnew, 2nd Baronet and Fanny Bolton, and was educated at

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and

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. He rose to the rank of Major in the Suffolk Yeomanry, fought in the

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, and was awarded the

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. He was also deputy lieutenant and

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for West Suffolk. Agnew married Kathleen White, daughter of Isaac William Hewitt White, on 14 April 1910. They had three sons: Sir John Anthony Stuart Agnew, 4th Baronet; Sir George Keith Agnew, 5th Baronet; Stephen William Agnew (1921–2001). *Sir John Anthony Stuart Agnew, 4th Baronet (1914–1993) *Sir George Keith Agnew, 5th Baronet (1918–1994) *Sir

John Keith Agnew Sir John Keith Agnew, 6th Baronet (19 December 1950 – 22 June 2011) was the owner of the Rougham estates in Suffolk, England. He was the son of Sir George Keith Agnew, fifth Baronet (1918–1994), and his Danish-born wife Baroness Anne Merete L ...

, 6th Baronet (19 December 1950 – 2011). Agnew was the son of Sir George Keith Agnew, 5th Baronet, and his wife Baroness Anne Merete Louise Schaffalitzky de Muckadell (1924–2005). He was the owner of the Rougham estates in

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. Agnew was educated at

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, from 1964 to 1969 and then at the

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. He succeeded in the baronetcy in 1994. The Rougham estates include Rougham Airfield, where Agnew organizes a wide variety of annual fairs, rallies and events, including the ''Wings, Wheels & Steam Country Fair'', the annual ''Rougham Air Display & Harvest Fair'', and the ''East Anglian Medieval Battle & Fair''. A Rougham Music Festival, of which Agnew's brother George Agnew is the Arts Director, is also held on the estate. Sir John Agnew of Rougham should not be confused with his cousin John Stuart Agnew of Rougham, farmer, a parliamentary candidate of the

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. * Sir George Anthony Agnew, 7th Baronet (born 18 August 1953). He was educated at

and at the

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. The

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is the present holder's cousin John Stewart Agnew (born 1949)

Agnew, later Agnew-Somerville baronets, of Clendry (1957)

* Sir Peter Garnett Agnew, 1st Baronet (1900–1990) *Sir Quentin Charles Agnew-Somerville, 2nd Baronet (8 March 1929 – 2010). Agnew-Somerville was the son of

Sir Peter Agnew, 1st Baronet Commander Sir Peter Garnett Agnew, 1st Baronet (9 July 1900 – 26 August 1990) was an officer in the Royal Navy and a Conservative Party politician. Biography Education and naval career Agnew was born in Bucklow, Cheshire, a son of C.L. Agne ...

, and Enid Frances Boan. He attended

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and became a

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in the Royal Navy. Since then, he pursued a career as an insurance consultant. He assumed by Royal Licence in 1950 the additional surname of Somerville, after that of Agnew, and the arms of Somerville quarterly with those of Agnew, in compliance with the will of his uncle (by marriage),

James Somerville, 2nd Baron Athlumney James Herbert Gustavus Meredyth Somerville, 2nd Baron Athlumney, 2nd Baron Meredyth (23 March 1865 – 8 January 1929) was an Irish peer and officer of the British Army. Early life and background He was the son of William Meredyth Somerville, ...

; Quentin married 1963 Hon. (Margaret) April Irene Drummond, youngest daughter and co-heiress of

John Drummond, 15th Baron Strange John Drummond, 10th of Megginch, 15th Baron Strange (6 May 1900 – 13 April 1982), was Chief of the Baronial House and Branch of Drummond of Concraig and Lennoch within the clan Drummond and Baron of Megginch. Educated at Eton College, he becam ...

, and Violet Margaret Florence Jardine, on 14 December 1963, and had issue, by whom he had two daughters, including the actress

Geraldine Somerville Geraldine Margaret Agnew-Somerville (born 19 May 1967) is an Irish actress. She is known for her roles in the film ''Gosford Park'' (2001) and the ''Harry Potter'' film series (2001–2011). Her other roles have included ''My Week with Marily ...

, and one son. *Sir (James) Lockett Charles Agnew-Somerville, 3rd Baronet (born 1970)

Notes

References

* * *'AGNEW, Sir John Stuart', Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 *'AGNEW-SOMERVILLE, Sir Quentin (Charles Somerville)', Who's Who 2008, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baronets, Agnew 1629 establishments in Nova Scotia 1895 establishments in the United Kingdom Agnew Agnew