Thomas Shaw, 1st Baron Craigmyle
Scottish politician and judge (1850–1937)
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Thomas Shaw, 1st Baron Craigmyle, PC (23 May 1850 – 28 June 1937), known as The Lord Shaw from 1909 to 1929, was a Scottish radical[1] Liberal Party politician and judge.
The Lord Craigmyle | |
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Shaw in 1905 | |
| Member of Parliament for Hawick Burghs | |
| In office 4 July 1892 – 28 February 1909 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Laing Brown |
| Succeeded by | John Nicholson Barran |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | |
| In office 1894–1895 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Asher |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Murray |
| Lord Advocate | |
| In office December 1905 – February 1909 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Scott Dickson |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Ure |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Shaw 23 May 1850 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland |
| Died | 28 June 1937 (aged 87) Glasgow, Scotland |
| Resting place | Torphins Cemetery |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse |
Elspeth Forrest (m. 1879) |
| Children | 4, including Alexander |
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Early life and education
Shaw was born on 23 May 1850, in Dunfermline,[2] the son of Alexander Shaw. He was educated at the Dunfermline High School. Shaw gained an LLD from St Andrews University in October 1902[3] and from the University of Aberdeen in 1906. He received a Master of Arts from Edinburgh University in 1874, where he was a Hamilton Fellow in mental philosophy and received the Lord Rector's Prize Essay.[4]
Career
Shaw was appointed an advocate in 1875 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1894.
Shaw sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hawick Burghs from 1892 to 1909[5][6] and served as Solicitor General for Scotland from 1894 to 1895 and as Lord Advocate from December 1905[7] to 1909. He resigned from parliament and ministerial office and was created a life peer as Baron Shaw, of Dunfermline in the County of Fife, on 20 February 1909,[8] so that he could sit in the House of Lords and serve as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
Shaw retired from this office in 1929 and was made an hereditary peer as Baron Craigmyle, of Craigmyle in the County of Aberdeen, on 7 March 1929.[9]
Personal life and death
Shaw married Elspeth, daughter of George Forrest, in 1879.[10] Following their marriage, Elspeth assumed the title "Dowager Lady Craigmyle". Elspeth died on 31 May 1939, aged 92, in Woldingham.[11]
He died on 28 June 1937, aged 87, in Glasgow, and was buried in Torphins Cemetery.[2] He was succeeded in the hereditary barony by his son, Alexander.
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