Agnew married a woman named Georgina More Nisbett (1838-1916),[3] and they had at least three children: Stair Carnegie Agnew (born 1872),[4] Georgina Constance Maxwell (born 1877) and Dora Charlotte (born 1879).[3]
In 1905 he is listed as living at 22 Buckingham Terrace, just west of Dean Bridge in Edinburgh.[7]
He is buried with his wife (who had died only a few weeks earlier) and daughters in Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh. The grave is on the north wall of the north extension of the original cemetery, near the north-west corner.[3]
Referencesedit
^"Agnew, Stair Andrew (AGNW851SA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
stair, agnew, former, brunswick, judge, politician, judge, frse, december, 1831, july, 1916, scottish, public, official, served, registrar, general, scotland, house, buckingham, terrace, edinburgh, grave, dean, cemeterylife, edithe, born, lochnaw, castle, pari. For the former New Brunswick judge and politician see Stair Agnew judge Sir Stair Agnew KCB FRSE 6 December 1831 12 July 1916 was a Scottish public official He served as Registrar General for Scotland Stair Agnew s house at 22 Buckingham Terrace Edinburgh Stair Agnew s grave Dean CemeteryLife editHe was born at Lochnaw Castle in the parish of Leswalt in Dumfries and Galloway the fifth son of Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw 7th Baronet and his wife Madeline Carnegie He studied at Trinity College Cambridge graduating in 1855 He rowed in the Oxford and Cambridge boat race in 1854 1 He worked as an Advocate from 1860 and was Legal Secretary to the Lord Advocate from 1861 1866 and 1868 1870 Queen s Remembrancer for Scotland from 1870 1881 and Registrar General for Scotland and Keeper of the Records of Scotland and Deputy Clerk Register from 1881 1909 In 1871 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Philip Kelland 2 Agnew married a woman named Georgina More Nisbett 1838 1916 3 and they had at least three children Stair Carnegie Agnew born 1872 4 Georgina Constance Maxwell born 1877 and Dora Charlotte born 1879 3 He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath CB in 1885 5 and promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB in the 1895 Birthday Honours 6 thereby receiving a knighthood In 1905 he is listed as living at 22 Buckingham Terrace just west of Dean Bridge in Edinburgh 7 He is buried with his wife who had died only a few weeks earlier and daughters in Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh The grave is on the north wall of the north extension of the original cemetery near the north west corner 3 References edit Agnew Stair Andrew AGNW851SA A Cambridge Alumni Database University of Cambridge Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 2002 Biographical Index Part One PDF Royal Society of Edinburgh July 2006 p 8 Archived from the original PDF on 22 April 2012 a b c Sir Stair Agnew 1831 1916 Find A Grave www findagrave com Retrieved 20 July 2021 The Papers of Stair Carnegie Agnew Churchill Archives Centre ArchiveSearch Retrieved 22 September 2021 No 25431 The London Gazette 9 January 1885 p 120 No 26633 The London Gazette 11 June 1895 pp 3315 3316 Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1905 6 nbsp nbsp This Scottish biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stair Agnew amp oldid 1177430086, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
