Alexander Shaw, 2nd Baron Craigmyle

The Right Honourable
The Lord Craigmyle
The Right Honourable The Lord Craigmyle
	Alexander Shaw
Member of Parliament; for Kilmarnock Burghs
	In office; 1915–1918
Preceded by	Will Gladstone
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of Parliament; for Kilmarnock
	In office; 1918–1923
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Robert Climie
Personal details
Born	28 February 1883
Died	29 September 1944 (aged 61)
Spouse	Lady Margaret Cargill Mackay
Children	4
Parents	Thomas Shaw, 1st Baron Craigmyle (father); Elspeth Forrest (mother);
Relatives	Thomas Shaw (son)
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh; Trinity College, Oxford
Occupation	Lawyer
Military service
Branch/service	Royal Marines
Battles/wars	Battle of the Somme

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

Life

Shaw 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]

In 1913, he married Lady Margaret Cargill Mackay, who gave him one son and three daughters. 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.^{[citation needed]}

Upon his own death in 1944, aged 61, he was succeeded by his only son Thomas Donald Mackay Shaw (1923–1998).^{[citation needed]}

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

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
^ "Craigmyle, 2nd Baron, (Alexander Shaw) (28 Feb. 1883–29 Sept. 1944)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Dec. 2007
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The Times 30 September 1944, page 6: Obituary, Lord Craigmyle.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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.
^ Debrett's Peerage. 1921.

External links

Thomas Donald Mackay Shaw, 3rd Baron Craigmyle obituary, independent.co.uk. Accessed 12 December 2022.

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Alexander Shaw

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Will Gladstone	Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock Burghs 1915–1918	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock 1918–1923	Succeeded by Robert Climie
Honorary titles
Preceded by Hon. George Colville	High Sheriff of the County of London 1931–1932	Succeeded by Sir Ernest Benn, Bt
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Shaw	Baron Craigmyle 1937–1944	Succeeded by Thomas Shaw