Charles Morland Agnew

During the First World War, Agnew worked for the Red Cross Society in the Wounded and Missing Department,^[1] and, in 1918, he was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

In 1921, Agnew funded the building of the Evelyn Nursing Home on land owned by Trinity College, Cambridge. The hospital cost £27,000 to build and was donated as thanks after a successful operation on his wife.^[2] The hospital is now under the ownership of Nuffield Health. In 1930, Agnew was appointed High Sheriff of Hertfordshire.^{[citation needed]}

In 1881 he married Evelyn Mary Naylor, daughter of William Naylor. They had six children:

• Charles Gerald Agnew (b. 1882), father of Sir Geoffrey Agnew
• Emily Margaret Agnew (1884–1941)
• Lt.-Col. Kenneth Morland Agnew, DSO, MC, OBE (1886–1951)
• Major Alan Graeme Agnew (1887–1962)
• Commander Hugh Ladas Agnew (1894–1975)
• Vice-Admiral Sir William Gladstone Agnew (1898–1960)

He died on 23 May 1931 at Croxley Green.^[1] Evelyn died a year later and their ashes were scattered on the grounds of the Evelyn Nursing Hospital.^[2]