Edward Domett Shaw (5 October 18605 November 1937) was

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from 1914 to 1921 and

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until 1935.

Biography

Shaw was educated at

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, between 1871 and 1876;

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; and

Oriel College, Oxford Oriel College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford (a title formerly claimed by University College, wh ...

. As a young man he played first-class cricket, both for his university and

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. In 1887 he was appointed

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of Bishop's Stortford College and was ordained two years later. From 1894 until 1910 he was the

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, and in January 1902 he was also appointed

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of Wycombe. In 1910 he was appointed

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; in 1913 it was announced that he would be the first

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to the

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), a post he held until 1921 when his duties were redefined to undertake the roles of

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and

(across the whole

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) and

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of Christ Church. He retired in ill-health in September 1936; following his death in 1937 ''

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'' commented in its obituary that

Family

Shaw married, in 1891, Agnes Gilbey, with whom he had ten children. Their son, Edward Alfred, also played first-class cricket and was killed in the First World War, as were two other sons, Bernard and Arthur. His only surviving son,

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, played first-class cricket and became a Captain in the

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, serving in the Second World War.

References

1860 births People educated at Forest School, Walthamstow People educated at St John's School, Leatherhead Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Oxford University cricketers Middlesex cricketers Bishops of Buckingham Assistant bishops of Oxford Archdeacons of Buckingham Archdeacons of Oxford 1937 deaths English cricketers Buckinghamshire cricketers Hertfordshire cricketers 20th-century Church of England bishops {{UK-bishop-stub