Peter Garnett Agnew

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Commander Sir Peter Garnett Agnew, 1st Baronet (9 July 190026 Aug 1990) was an officer in the Royal Navy and a Conservative Party politician.

Agnew was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Camborne constituency in Cornwall, at the 1931 general election, and held the seat until the constituency's abolition at the 1950 general election. He re-entered the House of Commons at the 1955 general election as MP for Worcestershire South, and was re-elected there until his retirement at the 1966 general election.

He was a trustee of Historic Churches Preservation Trust.

He was made a Baronet, of Clendry, co Wigtown in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1957. After his death in 1990 at the age of 90, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, Sir Quentin Agnew-Somerville, 2nd Baronet.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Leifchild Jones
Member of Parliament for Camborne
19311950
Succeeded by
(constituency abolished)
Preceded by
Sir Rupert de la Bere
Member of Parliament for Worcestershire South
19551966
Succeeded by
Sir Gerald Nabarro
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New Creation
Agnew Baronets
1957–1990
Succeeded by
Quentin Agnew-Somerville