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Sir Andrew Noel Agnew, 9th Baronet


Sir Andrew Noel Agnew, 9th Baronet JP (14 August 1850 – 14 July 1928) was the son of Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Baronet and Lady Mary Arabella Louisa Noel.

He succeeded his father as 9th Baronet Agnew, of Lochnaw on the latter's death on 25 March 1892. On his death in 1928 he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew Fulque Agnew.

He attended Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.

He rose to the rank of Captain in the 1st Ayrshire and Galloway Artillery Volunteers. He was Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh South from 1900 to 1906. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Wigtownshire on 21 March 1904. He was Justice of the Peace for Wigtownshire.

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.



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