Theodore Frederick Charles Edward Shaw (11 September 1859 – 17 April 1942) was a British

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politician.

Background

Shaw was the eldest son of Edward Dethick Shaw and Millicent Augusta Gough, both of

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. He was educated at

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, Wolverhampton and

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, where he matriculated in 1886 at age 27..

Career

Shaw was Managing Director and Chairman of John Shaw & Sons Ltd. of

. He was a Member of Wolverhampton Town Council, a Captain in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion of the

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and was Liberal MP for

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from 1892 to December 1910. In 1908, Shaw was created a baronet.

Private life

Shaw married at St Mark's Chapel, North Audley Street, Piccadilly, on 17 January 1900, Emily White Bursill, daughter of Henry Bursill, of

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. The couple lived at Charters at

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, with their two daughters.

References

External links

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National Portrait Gallery; photograph of Shaw and his wife
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