Thomas Shaw, 1st Baron Craigmyle

Tombstone of Thomas Shaw, 1st Baron Craigmyle

Thomas Shaw, 1st Baron Craigmyle PC QC (* 23. May 1850 , † 28. June 1937 ) was a Scottish - British politician of the Liberal Party and a lawyer , who some years deputy in the House of Commons , and most recently as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as Life Peer was also a member of the House of Lords and was bestowed the hereditary title of Baron Craigmyle in 1929 .

Life

Lawyer and Member of the House of Commons

After schooling Shaw graduated in law at the University of Edinburgh and took to his legal approval to the Scottish Bar Association ( Scots Bar ) working as a lawyer ( Advocate ) on.

On July 4, 1892, he was elected as a candidate of the Liberal Party to the House of Commons and represented Hawick Burgh's constituency until February 28, 1909 . During this time, Shaw was in 1894 and Attorney General ( Queen's Counsel ) was 1894-1895 Solicitor General of Scotland. In 1902 he received a doctorate in law (LL.D.) from the University of St Andrews and in 1906 another from the University of Edinburgh.

Lord Advocate, Lord Judge and Member of the House of Lords

In 1905 he succeeded Charles Dickson, Lord Dickson as Lord Advocate Attorney General of Scotland and held this office until his replacement by Alexander Ure in 1909.

By a Letters Patent of February 22, 1909 Shaw was due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron Shaw , of Dunfermline in the County of Fife to the House of Lords member in the nobility called and worked until his resignation 1929 as Lord Judge ( Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ).

After his resignation as Lord Judge, he was granted the hereditary title Baron Craigmyle , of Craigmyle in the County of Aberdeen, by a letters patent from May 7, 1929 .

While the life peerage as Baron Shaw expired with his death, his son Alexander Shaw , who was also a member of the House of Commons between 1915 and 1923 and served as High Sheriff of the County of London between 1931 and 1932 , became his heir as 2nd Baron Craigmyle in 1937 .

Web links

• Thomas Shaw at Hansard (English)
• Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
• Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 1876-2009 in Peerages

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Baron Craigmyle 1929-1937	Alexander Shaw