Tuesday 29 January 2013
38 Andrew Agnew
Constituency : Wigtownshire 1856-68
Andrew was the eldest son of a baronet , inheriting the title in 1849. He went to Harrow then joined the army. He fought in the Canadian rebellions of 1848 and rose to the rank of captain. He became Deputy Lieutenant of Wigtownshire in 1843 then Vice Lord Lieutenant in 1852.
Andrew wrote The Agnews of Lochnaw published in 1864
He entered Parliament in a by-election in 1856. In 1868 he was defeated by the Conservatives who held the seat thereafter until it was abolished in 1918.
That concludes the Scottish Liberals of 1859; we now move on to the Irish.
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