Charles Bagenal Agar

Biography

Charles Bagenal Agar lived through the turbulence of the late eighteenth century as a member of a family noted for civic engagement, maintaining the decorum expected of a gentleman of his time and offering steady support to neighbours in the West End.

While he never sought public notoriety, his presence was felt in the parish of St George’s, Hanover Square, where his memory is honoured in the church that housed so many important gatherings of his era.