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

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

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

Windlesham House School Windlesham House School is an independent boarding and day school for boys and girls aged 4 to 13 on the South Downs, in Pulborough, West Sussex, England. It was founded in 1837 by Charles Robert Malden and was the first boys' preparatory sc ...

Harrow School Harrow School () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon (school founder), John Lyon, a local landowner an ...

and

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any ...

Career

Agnew was commissioned a second lieutenant in the

1st Ayrshire and Galloway Artillery Volunteers The 1st Ayrshire and Galloway Artillery Volunteer Corps was formed in 1859 as a response to a French invasion threat. It transferred to the Territorial Force (TF) in 1908 and its successor units fought with the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division in ...

on 28 February 1900, and rose to the rank of

captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ...

before he retired. He was

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

Wigtownshire Wigtownshire or the County of Wigtown (, ) is one of the Counties of Scotland, historic counties of Scotland, covering an area in the south-west of the country. Until 1975, Wigtownshire was an counties of Scotland, administrative county used for ...

on 21 March 1904. He was Justice of the Peace for Wigtownshire.

Family

He married Gertrude Vernon, daughter of Hon. Gowran Charles Vernon and Caroline Fazakerley, on 15 October 1889, but the marriage produced no children. Lady Agnew was the subject of a famous portrait by

John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent (; January 12, 1856 – April 15, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era, Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil ...

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

Andrew Andrew is the English form of the given name, common in many countries. The word is derived from the , ''Andreas'', itself related to ''aner/andros'', "man" (as opposed to "woman"), thus meaning "manly" and, as consequence, "brave", "strong", "c ...

Nobility from Dumfries and Galloway People educated at Windlesham House School People educated at Harrow School 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 {{Scotland-UK-MP-stub