Benjamin Shaw (''c'' 1770 – 6 November 1843) was an English politician. He was elected at the 1812 general election as a

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

(MP) for the

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of Westbury in Wiltshire, but was not re-elected in

1818 Events January–March * January 1 ** Battle of Koregaon: Troops of the British East India Company score a decisive victory over the Maratha Empire. ** Mary Shelley's ''Frankenstein'' is published anonymously in London. * January 2 – ...

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* 1770 births Year of birth uncertain 1843 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1812–1818 {{England-UK-MP-stub