Agnew Baronets

There have been three Agnew baronetcies. The first was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. The second and third were created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

[edit] Agnew Baronets of Lochnaw, Co. Wigtown (28 July 1629)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son Mark Douglas Noel Agnew (b. 1991)

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 Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge. He rose to the rank of Major in the Suffolk Yeomanry, fought in the First World War, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration. He was also Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace 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 Keith Agnew, 6th Baronet (b. 19 December 1950). Agnew is the son of Sir George Keith Agnew, 5th Baronet, and his wife Baroness Anne Merete Louise Schaffalitzky de Muckadell (1924-2005). He is the owner of the Rougham estates in Suffolk, England. Agnew was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, from 1964 to 1969 and then at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. 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 UK Independence Party.

The Heir Presumptive is the present holder's younger brother George Anthony Agnew (b. 1953)

Sir Peter Garnett Agnew, 1st Baronet (1900–1990) was a Royal Navy officer and a Member of Parliament. He represented Camborne from 1931 to 1950 and South Worcestershire from 1955 to 1966. Agnrew was created a baronet in 1957.
Sir Quentin Charles Agnew-Somerville, 2nd Baronet (b. 8 March 1929) is the son of Sir Peter Agnew, 1st Baronet and Enid Frances Boan. He attended Britannia Royal Naval College and rose to become a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Since then, he has pursued a career as an insurance consultant. He changed his surname to Agnew-Somerville in 1950. Quentin married Hon. Margaret April Irene Drummond, daughter of John Drummond, 15th Baron Strange and Violet Margaret Florence Jardine, on 14 December 1963, and has issue, by whom he has two daughters, including the actress Geraldine Somerville, and one son, James Lockett Charles Agnew-Somerville (b. 1970), the heir apparent to the baronetcy.

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Leigh Rayment's Baronetage Page.