Alexander Shaw, 2nd Baron Craigmyle

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

The Right Honourable The Lord Craigmyle
Alexander Shaw
Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Kilmarnock Burghs
In office 1915–1918
Preceded by	Will Gladstone
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Kilmarnock
In office 1918–1923
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Robert Climie

Life

Shaw was a lawyer by profession, having studied at Trinity College, Oxford (where he was President of the Oxford Union in 1905) and being called to the bar in 1908.[2] In 1913 he married Lady Margaret Cargill Mackay, who gave him one son and three daughters.[2] During the First World War he served in the Royal Marine Artillery and was involved in the Battle of the Somme.[2] Outside Parliament, he was a director of the Bank of England and Chairman of P & O.[2] The son of the Law Lord Thomas Shaw, 1st Baron Craigmyle, he succeeded to the peerage on his father's death in 1937.[3] On his own death in 1944, aged 61, he was succeeded by his only son Thomas Donald Mackay Shaw (1923–1998).

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]

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. The Times 30 September 1944 page 6 Obituary; Lord Craigmyle
3. Peerages: C (part 7) at Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
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. 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.

• obituary on his son Thomas Donald Mackay Shaw, 3rd Baron Craigmyle ~ https://www.independent.co.uk./news/obtuaries/obituary-lord-craigmyle-1159659.html

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Alexander Shaw