Alexander Shaw, 2nd Baron Craigmyle

The Right Honourable
The Lord Craigmyle
Portrait of Shaw by Walter Stoneman, 1921
Member of Parliament
for Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock Burghs (1915–1918)
In office
28 May 1915 – 12 November 1923
Preceded byWill Gladstone
Succeeded byRobert Climie
Personal details
BornAlexander Shaw
(1883-02-28)28 February 1883
Died29 September 1944(1944-09-29) (aged 61)
PartyLiberal (Before 1916, 1923–1944)
Other political
affiliations
Coalition Liberal (1916–1922)
National Liberal (1922–1923)
Spouse
Margaret Cargill Mackay
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​
(m. 1913)​
Children4, including Thomas
Parents
EducationGeorge Watson's College
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Trinity College, Oxford
OccupationLawyer
Military service
Branch/serviceRoyal Marines
Battles/wars

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

Early life and education

Alexander Shaw was born 28 February 1883. He 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]

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.

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]

Personal life and death

In 1913, he married Lady Margaret Cargill Mackay, who gave him one son and three daughters.

Upon his own death in 1944, aged 61, he was succeeded by his only son Thomas Donald Mackay Shaw (1923–1998).

Arms

Coat of arms of Alexander Shaw, 2nd Baron Craigmyle
Crest
A demi-savage holding in his dexter hand a club resting on his shoulder Proper.
Escutcheon
Ermine a fir tree growing out of a mount in base Proper between two piles Azure issuing from a chief Gules charged with a scroll Argent with seal pendant Proper.
Supporters
Misericordia Fidelitas Jus (Mercy Fidelity Right)[7]

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
  2. ↑ "Craigmyle, 2nd Baron, (Alexander Shaw) (28 Feb. 1883–29 Sept. 1944)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Dec. 2007
  3. 1 2 3 4 The Times 30 September 1944, page 6: Obituary, Lord Craigmyle.
  4. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 513. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  5. 1 2 Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 616. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  6. ↑ Department of Information Services (9 June 2009). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
  7. ↑ Debrett's Peerage. 1921.


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