ANDREW AGNEW

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
SURNAME:Agnew
FORENAMES:Andrew
TITLE:Sir, on succeeding the baronetcy on 12 04 1849
BORN:02 01 1818
AT:Edinburgh
OCCUPATION[S]:.
RELIGION/DENOMINATION:Church of England, family associations with the Free Church
FATHER:Sir Andrew Agnew, 7th Bart. of Lochnaw, Wigtownshire, M.P.
In his role as M.P. was a vocal supporter of the observance of the Sabbath, for which he introduced a Bill to Parliament in 1836.
MOTHER:Madeline, c1796 - 1858, youngest daughter of Sir David Carnegie, Bart, of Southesk, M.P. for Forfarshire.
SIBLINGS: Agnes Agnew 18__ - 1893
Martha Agnew 18__ - 1904
Mary Graham Agnew 18__ - 1885
John de Courcy Andrew Agnew Commander R.N. 1819 - 1916
David Carnegie Andrew Agnew, Rev. Holy Orders 1821 - 1887
James Andrew Agnew 1823 - 1918
Stair Andrew Agnew, Sir 1831 - 1916
Thomas Frederic Andrew Agnew 1834 - 1924
Gerald Andrew Agnew, Lieutenant Colonel, 90th Light Infantry 1835 - 1927
OTHER RELATIONS:Generations of the Agnew family were actively involved in the political, social and religious affairs of their region. Their seat, the hereditary shrievalty of Wigtown, was created 1629 and was situated at Lochnaw Castle near Stranraer, N.B.
NOTES:Eldest son.
Attended Harrow School, entered September 1831
Of the Liberal persuasion
COMMISSIONED:Ensign 17 04 1835 aged 17 years
APPOINTED: Ensign 93rd Highlanders 20 04 1835 by purchase, vice Ensign George Balck
Lieutenant 93rd Highlanders, 29 09 1837 by purchase, vice Lieutenant W. B. Ainslie
Captain 93rd Highlanders, 18 05 1841 by purchase, vice Captain Robert Carmichael Smyth
Captain 4LD 08 07 1842, vice Captain T. W. Geils
EXCHANGED:From 93rd Highlanders to 4LD 08 07 1842
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CAMPAIGNS:Served during the rebellion in Canada 1838 with 93rd Highlanders
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RETIRED:14 07 1843 4LD vice Lieutenant Alexander Low, to be Captain by purchase
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NOTES:Author of a journal documenting a trip to Manitoulin entitled `From Lochnaw to Manitoulin: A Highland Soldier's Tour Through Upper Canada.'
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POST DISCHARGE OCCUPATION[S]:Liberal MP for Wigtonshire 1856-1868
First returned without opposition for Wigtownshire on 09 02 1856 on the retirement of Viscount Dalrymple
He was unsuccessful in his attempt to contest the constituency in 1868.
Extract from The Handbook of the Court; The Peerage, and The House of Commons 1862:
`In favour of progress and reform; a full development of free trade; much interested in education; in favour of removing all religious disabilities; opposed to the principle of the Maynooth grant; against opening places of amusement on the Lord's day; takes an active part in the movement for the improvement of the dwellings of agricultural labourers.'
Deputy Lieutenant for Co. Wigton 1843
Vice-Lieutenant for Co. Wigtown 1852
J.P. for Wigtown
J.P. for Rutland
Succeeded as 8th Bart, 12 04 1849
DIED:Friday 25 03 1892 Lochnaw Castle Wigtownshire aged 74 years
BURIED:31 03 1892 Leswalt near Stranraer, service conducted by Rev. Henry Stewart, Northampton
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NOTES:Club: Brooks's Gentlemen's Club, St James's Street, London
1ST WIFE:Lady Mary Arabella Louisa NOEL [Lady Louisa]
BORN: 1822
MARRIED:20 08 1846 At Exton Church, Rutlandshire
NOTES:Eldest daughter of Charles, Earl of Gainsborough and Arabella Williams.
Died after 1898.
1ST CHILD:Madeline Diana Elizabeth
BORN:22 08 1847 Exton Park Rutlandshire
NOTES:Married on 07 02 1867 at St. George's Hanover Square, London, by the Hon. and Rev. Leland Noel, M.A., vicar of Exton and honorary canon of Peterborough.
Married to Thomas Henry Clifton, Esq., only son of Colonel Clifton, of Lytham Hall.
Died 1907
2ND CHILD:Arabella Frances Georgina
BORN:19 10 1848 Lochnaw Castle [twin]
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3RD CHILD:Caroline Charlotte
BORN:19 10 1848 Lochnaw Castle [twin]
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4TH CHILD:Andrew Noel
BORN:14 08 1850 at Exton Park, Rutlandshire
NOTES:Married Gertrude Vernon, daughter of the Hon. Gowran Charles Vernon and Caroline Fazakerley on 15 10 1889. No children
Died 1928
5TH CHILD:Henry de Courcy
BORN:01 11 1851 Pau, in the Pyrenees
NOTES:Died 1910
6TH CHILD:Louisa Lucia
BORN:27 04 1853 Lochnaw Castle
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7TH CHILD:Mary Alma Victoria
BORN:02 09 1854 Exton Park Rutlandshire
NOTES:Married on 19 08 1875 at Lochnaw Castle Wigtownshire, N.B. by the Rev. Charles A. Johnson, Rector of Eaborne.
Married to Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, only son of the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P.
Died 1923
8TH CHILD:Catherine Carnegie
BORN: 31 03 1857 London
NOTES:Died 1858
9TH CHILD:Charles Hamlyn
BORN: 21 06 1859 Bolton Street London
NOTES:Died 1928
10TH CHILD:Quintin Graham Kinneard
BORN:08 01 1861 Portman Square [Earl of Gainsborough's residence]
NOTES:Died 1937
11TH CHILD:Gerald Dalrymple
BORN:28 04 1862 Portman Square [Earl of Gainsborough's residence]
NOTES:Died 1919
12TH CHILD:Rosina Constance [Constance]
BORN:09 04 1863 Portman Square [Earl of Gainsborough's residence]
NOTES:Died 1920
13TH CHILD:Margaret/Marguerite Violet Maud
BORN:09 01 1866 Prince's Gate [Earl of Gainsborough's residence]
NOTES:Died 1939
TNA SOURCES:WO/12/652
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HART'S ARMY LISTS: 1843
PRESS/ALMANACKS: Colburn's United Service Magazine, Part 3
The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire... by Edmund Lodge, Anne Innes, Eliza Innes, Maria Innes
The Annual register of world events: a review of the year, Volume 92 by Edmund Burke
Historical Records of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders by Roderick Hamilton Burgoyne, 1883
The Great Landowners of Great Britain and Ireland... by John Bateman, 1883
Annual register, Volume 88 edited by Edmund Burke, 1847
Caledonian Mercury 20 04 1835
Caledonian Mercury 02 10 1837
Morning Chronicle 19 05 1841
Caledonian Mercury 11 07 1842
Daily News 25 08 1847
Liverpool Mercury 31 10 1848
Leeds Mercury 15 11 1851
Morning Chronicle 27 04 1853
Freeman's Journal 08 04 1857
Caledonian Mercury 27 06 1859
Morning Chronicle 15 01 1861
Glasgow Herald 28 04 1862
Daily News 11 04 1863
Freeman's Journal 12 01 1866
Preston Guardian 09 02 1867
Ipswich Journal 28 08 1875
Leeds Mercury 28 03 1892
Glasgow Herald 01 04 1892
OTHER SOURCES:FreeBMD
The Harrow School Register, 1801-1893, by Harrow School, Reginald Courtenay Welch 1894
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