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Saturday, September 23, 2023

Sir Rudolph Agnew 1934-2023

 Sir Rudolph Agnew, who died 14 September, 2023, aged 89, was descended from the Campbell baronets.

He was Chairman of Stena International BV and LASMO plc.

Career: officer in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars 1953-57; joined Consolidated Gold Fields 1957, Deputy Chairman 1978-82, Group Chief Executive 1978-89, Chairman 1983-89, &c.

He was born 12 March, 1934, third son of Rudolph John Agnew and his wife the former Pamela Jean Theophila Campbell, scion of the Campbell baronets.

He married 1stly, 1 June, 1957 (div 1964), Tessa Eiluned Longley (born 1938), daughter of Squadron Leader John Molony Longley RAFVR (1906-1994), head of that landed gentry familym, and his wife the former Nancy Evelyn Harvey (1914-1990); married 2ndly, 29 March, 1965 (div 1980), the Hon Clare Rosalind Dixon (born 15 Nov, 1937), daughter of the 2nd Baron Glentoran (1912-1995), and his his wife the former Lady Diana Mary Wellesley (died 2 Jan, 1984), daughter of the 3rd Earl Cowley (1866-1919); and married 3rdly, 1980, Whitney Warren (who died 2018), daughter of Chester Ingersoll Warren Jr.

From his first marriage he had a son, Charles (1961-1982), and a son and daughter from his second marriage, James (born 23 Apr 1968), and Charlotte (born 17 Oct 1970).

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