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Saturday, January 31, 2026

Jonathan Geoffrey William Agnew 1941-2026

 Jonathan Geoffrey William Agnew, who died 24 January, 2026, aged 84, was a scion of the Agnew baronets (cr 1895), and a grandson of the 1st Baron Jessel.

He was born 30 July, 1941, the elder son of Sir Geoffrey William Gerald Agnew (1908-1986), the art dealer and chairman of Thomas Agnew & Sons, by his wife the former Hon Doreen Maud Jessel (1909-1990), third daughter of the 1st Baron Jessel (1866-1950), and his wife the former Maud Goldsmid (1874-1965).

He married firstly, 21 Oct, 1966 (div 1985), the Hon Agneta Joanna Middleton Campbell (1944-2002), daughter of the life peer the Baron Campbell of Eskan (1912-1994), by his wife Barbara Noel Roffey; and married secondly, 1990, Marie-Claire Dreesmann, daughter of Bernard Dreesmann. He leaves a son, Caspar, and two daughters, Lara and Katherine, from his first union, and a son, George, and a daughter Clarissa, from his second marriage.

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