Alexander Shaw, 2nd Baron Craigmyle

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Alexander Shaw, 2nd Baron Craigmyle (28 February 1883 – 29 September 1944)[1] was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.

Life

Shaw was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, the University of Edinburgh and Trinity College, Oxford[2] (where he was President of the Oxford Union in 1905).[3] A lawyer by profession, he was called to the bar in 1908.[3]

In 1913, he married Lady Margaret Cargill Mackay, who gave him one son and three daughters. During the First World War he served in the Royal Marine Artillery and was involved in the Battle of the Somme.[3] Outside Parliament, he was a director of the Bank of England and Chairman of P & O.[3]

The son of the Law Lord Thomas Shaw, 1st Baron Craigmyle, he succeeded to the peerage on his father's death in 1937.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Upon his own death in 1944, aged 61, he was succeeded by his only son Thomas Donald Mackay Shaw (1923–1998).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Parliamentary career

He was elected unopposed as the member of parliament (MP) for the Kilmarnock Burghs at a by-election in 1915,[4] and held the seat until its abolition for the 1918 general election. He was then elected as a Coalition Liberal for the new county constituency of Kilmarnock,[5] retaining the seat as a Liberal in 1922. He resigned from the House of Commons on 12 November 1923 by the procedural device of accepting a nominal appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.[6] No by-election was held, and the seat remained vacant when Parliament was dissolved on 16 November for the 1923 general election.[5]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Craigmyle, 2nd Baron, (Alexander Shaw) (28 Feb. 1883–29 Sept. 1944)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Dec. 2007
  3. ↑ a b c d The Times 30 September 1944, page 6: Obituary, Lord Craigmyle.
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