The Papers of Stair Carnegie Agnew

Stair Carnegie Agnew was born in Edinburgh in 1872, the son of Sir Stair and Georgina Agnew. He was educated at Sedbergh School, then Trinity College, Cambridge. Agnew was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1893 and called to the Bar in 1896. From 1987 to 1911, Agnew worked as a company lawyer in Russia. In 1918, Agnew married Sylvia Belville Bremner (of Sidmouth, Devon). He died in 1940.

The collection chiefly consists of letters written by Agnew to his parents which include descriptions of life in Russia (1897-1911), a short essay by Agnew on Russian peasants and a few photographs.

The collection was deposited at Churchill Archives Centre in 1975.

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Churchill Archives Centre is open from Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. A prior appointment and two forms of identification are required.

Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of Stair Carnegie Agnew, AGNW

The collection has been catalogued and the catalogue is available for consultation at Churchill Archives Centre and the National Register of Archives.

This collection level description was created by Natalie Adams of Churchill Archives Centre in 2001 using information from the catalogue. The collection was catalogued in 1975.