Sir George Agnew, 2nd Baronet
- Sir George Agnew, 2nd Baronet
Sir George William Agnew, 2nd Baronet JP (19 January 1852 – 19 December 1941), was the son of Sir William Agnew, 1st Baronet and Mary Kenworthy.
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He succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet Agnew, of Great Stanhope Street on the latter's death on 31 October 1910. On his death in 1941 he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son.
Education
He attended Rugby School and St John's College, Cambridge.
Career
He was a partner in the firm of "Thomas Agnew & Sons", art publishers. He was Member of Parliament for West Salford, 1906–1918. He was High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1922. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Volunteer Regiment.
Family
He married Fanny Bolton, daughter of John Stuart Bolton, on 2 October 1878, and had issue:
*Mary Emily Agnew, married William Burn Anderson (1904)
*Fanny Isabel Agnew (d.1967), married Brig.-Gen. Oswald Kesteven Chance (1909)
*Dorothy Agnew (d.1940), married Hinton Arthur Stewart (1906)
*Sybil Alice Agnew (d.1949), married Maj.-Gen. John Talbot Wentworth Reeve (1919)
*Cicely Agnew, married Norman Froggatt Kingzett (1920)
*Sir John Stuart Agnew, 3rd Baronet (1879-1957)
*George Colin Agnew (b.1882)
References
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p12137.htm#i121365 thePeerage.com]
*‘AGNEW, Sir George (William)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
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