Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Baronet
Sir Andrew Agnew DL | |
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 Baron Agnew in c1861. | |
| Member of Parliament for Wigtownshire | |
| In office 1856–1868 | |
| Preceded by | Viscount Dalrymple |
| Succeeded by | Lord Garlies |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 January 1818 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 25 March 1892 (aged 74) Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland |
| Spouse |
Lady Mary Arabella Louisa Noel
(m. 1846; died 1883) |
| Relations | Andrew |
| Parent(s) | Sir Andrew Agnew, 7th Baronet Madeline Carnegie |
| Residence | Lochnaw Castle |
| Education | Harrow School |
Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Baronet
Early life
Agnew was born in
His paternal grandparents were Andrew Agnew (a son of Sir Stair Agnew of Lochnaw, 6th Baronet) and Hon. Martha de Courcy (the daughter of John de Courcy, 19th Baron Kingsale).[4] His maternal grandparents were the former Agnes Murray Elliot (a daughter of Gov. Andrew Elliot) and Sir David Carnegie, 4th Baronet.[5] The office of Sheriff of Wigtown was hereditary in the Agnew family for more than 400 years, until 1747, when the 5th Baronet was compensated £4,000 for the abolition of the office. The first three baronets successively sat for the same county in Parliament, with the 3rd Baronet also being a member of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland, summoned by William III in 1689.[6]
Agnew attended Harrow School between 1831 and 1834.[1]
Career
On 17 April 1835, he was commissioned, with the rank of
In 1843, he was appointed
Agnew wrote the book The Agnews of Lochnaw: A History of the Hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway, which was published by
Personal life
On 20 August 1846, he married Lady Mary Arabella Louisa Noel (d. 1883), daughter of
- Madeline Diana Elizabeth Agnew (1847–1907), who married Thomas Henry Clifton, an MP for North Lancashire and the only son of John Talbot Clifton and Lady Eleanor Cecily Lowther (a daughter of Hon. Henry Lowther), in 1867.[11] After his death, she married, secondly, Sir James Williams-Drummond, 4th Baronet, son of Sir James Williams-Drummond, 3rd Baronet, in January 1889.[8]
- Arabella Frances Georgiana Agnew (1848–1910), who died unmarried.[8]
- Caroline Charlotte Agnew (1848–1934), who died unmarried.[8]
- Sir Andrew Noel Agnew, 9th Baronet (1850–1928), who married Gertrude Vernon, daughter of Hon. Gowran Charles Vernon (son of Robert Vernon, 1st Baron Lyveden),[12] in 1889.[8]
- Henry de Courcy Agnew (1851–1910), who married Ethel Anne Goff, daughter of Capt. William IV). After his death, she married Edmund Charrington in 1911.[8]
- Louisa Lucia Agnew (1852–1913), who married Duncan MacNeil in 1877.[8]
- Mary Alma Victoria Agnew (1854–1923), who married Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird.[13]
- Catherine Carnegie Agnew (c. 1855–1858), who died young.[8]
- Charles Hamlyn Agnew (1859–1928), a Major in the 4th Hussars who married Lillian Anne Murray, daughter of Lt.-Gen. Sir James Wolfe Murray, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, in 1897. They divorced in 1908.[8][14]
- Quentin Charles Graham Kinnaird Agnew (1861–1937), a Colonel in the Royal Scots Fusiliers and Military Secretary to the Governor of Gibraltar who married Evelyn Mary Alexander, daughter of Capt. John Hobhouse Inglis Alexander (aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria) and sister of Admiral Sir Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair, in 1899. After her death, he married, secondly, Cicely Anne Churchill Inskip, daughter of James Inskip and sister of the Rt. Rev. James Inskip, Bishop of Barking, in 1916.[8]
- Gerard Dalrymple Agnew (1862–1919), a Lieutenant in
- Rosina Constance Agnew (1863–1920), who married the Rev. James Davidson.[8]
- Marguerite Violet Maud Agnew (1866–1939), who married her eldest sister's brother-in-law, Lt.-Col. Sir Francis Dudley Williams-Drummond, a younger son of Sir James Williams-Drummond, 3rd Baronet, in 1890.[8]
Lady Agnew died on 27 June 1883. Sir Andrew died on 25 March 1892 at age 74 at
Descendants
Through his son Henry, he was a grandfather of Dorothea Alma Agnew (who married Harold Swann, a son of
Through his son Charles, he was a grandfather of
Through his daughter Constance, he was a grandfather of The Very Reverend Nevile Davidson, who became the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.[17]
Through his youngest daughter Marguerite, he was a grandfather of Eleanor Mary Williams-Drummond (1891–1962), married Robert Barnewell Elliot; Constance Marie Katherine Williams-Drummond (1893–1968), who married her cousin's ex-husband,
References
- ^ a b c George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983, volume II, page 370.
- ^ a b c d e "Gainsborough, Earl of (UK, 1841)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1904. p. 21. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ a b Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 85.
- ^ a b Mair, LL.D., Robert H. (1880). Debrett's Illustrated Baronetage and Knightage (and Companionage) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Dean & Son, Publishers. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). Armorial Families: A Complete Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, and a Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, and Being the First Attempt to Show which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority. Jack. p. 15. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. p. 48.
- ^ Agnew., Andrew (1864). The Agnews of Lochnaw. A history of the hereditary sheriffs of Galloway, with contemporary anecdotes, traditions, and genealogical notices of old families of the sheriffdom, 1330 to 1747. Adam and Charles Black.
- ^ "Frances Noel (née Jocelyn), Countess of Gainsborough - National Portrait Gallery". npg.org.uk. National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ Townend, Peter. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 18th edition. 3 volumes. London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1965-1972. p. 190.
- ^ "Lyveden, Baron (UK, 1859)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 14 October 2020.[dead link]
- ^ "Kinnaird, Lord (S, 1682 - 1997)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Catalogue description: Divorce Court File: 8390. Appellant: Charles Hamlyn Agnew. Respondent: Lilian Anne". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. The National Archives. 1908. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ Ruvigny et Raineval, Melville Henry Massue, Marquis de (1994). The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal Being a Complete Table of All the Descendants Now Living of Edward III, King of England. The Anne of Exeter volume : containing the descendants of Anne (Pantagenet) Duchess of Exeter · Volume 2. p. 190. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Combermere, Viscount (UK, 1827)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "DAVIDSON, Very Rev. (Andrew) Nevile". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. April 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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