Andrew Agnew M.P. (abt. 1600 - 1671)

Born about 1600 in Lochnaw, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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Died 1671 at about age 71 in Lochnaw, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw, 2nd Bt. was the son of Sir Patrick Agnew of Lochnaw, 1st Bt. and Margaret Kennedy. A contract for the marriage of Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw, 2nd Bt. and Lady Anne Stewart was signed on 22 March 1625. He died in 1671.

Children of Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw, 2nd Bt. and Lady Anne Stewart

1. Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw, 3rd Bt., (c.1630-Jun 1702)
2. William Agnew 1629–1701, 3rd of Wigg, m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Patrick Agnew of Castlewigg
3. Grizel Agnew, 1631 - ?, m. 1650, Hugh Cathcart of Carlton
4. Margaret Agnew, 1633 - ? ,m.1, 1656, John Maxwell younger of Monreith, and m.2, Rev. Walter Laurie.

He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Wigtownshire [Scotland] in 1644. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Wigtownshire [Scotland] from 1648 to 1649. He held the office of Hereditary Sheriff of Galloway between 1649 and 1671, 9th. He held the office of Sheriff of Galloway in 1656, including Kirkcudbrightshire.

He was fined £6,000 for supporting Cromwell. He was invested as a Knight before 1661. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Agnew, of Lochnaw, co. Wigtown [N.S., 1629] on 29 October 1661.

He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Wigtownshire [Scotland] in 1665. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Wigtownshire [Scotland] in 1667. His last will was dated 15 February 1668. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Wigtownshire [Scotland] between 1669 and 1671.

Sources

• Landed families of Britain and Ireland

• Cracrofts Peerage

• The Peerage

• Genealogy.com

• A History of the Hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway - by SIR ANDREW AGNEW, BART., M.P. EDINBURGH: ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK 1864 , PRINTED BY R. AXP n. CLARK, ElUNBITRfJH see also Google Books

• The hereditary sheriffs of Galloway ; their "forebears" and friends, their courts and customs of their times, with notes of the early history, ecclesiastical legends, the baronage and place-names of the province by Agnew, Andrew, Sir, 8th bart., 1818-1892 Published 1893

• Clan Macfarlane

• Wikipedia - Clan Agnew

• Family Search

• Geni Entry

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