Alexander Shaw, 2nd Baron Craigmyle

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Alexander Shaw, 2nd Baron Craigmyle

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{{Short description|Scottish politician (1883–1944)}}
{{Short description|Scottish politician (1883–1944)}}
{{For|other persons named Alexander Shaw|Alexander Shaw (disambiguation)}}
{{For|other persons named Alexander Shaw|Alexander Shaw (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
| honorific_prefix =
| name = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name = The Lord Craigmyle
| honorific_suffix = The Lord Craigmyle
| image = Alexander_Shaw.jpg
| image = Alexander_Shaw.jpg
| alt =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Portratit of Shaw by [[Walter Stoneman]], 1921
| caption = Portrait of Shaw by [[Walter Stoneman]], 1921
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1883|2|28}}
| office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]
for [[Kilmarnock (UK Parliament constituency)|Kilmarnock]]
{{small|[[Kilmarnock Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Kilmarnock Burghs]] (1915–1918)}}
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| death_date = {{dda|df=y|1944|9|29|1883|2|28}}
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| term_start = 28 May 1915
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| spouse = {{marriage|Margaret Cargill Mackay|1913}}
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| term_end = 12 November 1923
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| children = 4, including [[Thomas Shaw, 3rd Baron Craigmyle|Thomas]]
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| predecessor = [[Will Gladstone]]
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| alma_mater = [[University of Edinburgh]]
[[Trinity College, Oxford]]
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| successor = [[Robert Climie]]
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| occupation = Lawyer
| father = [[Thomas Shaw, 1st Baron Craigmyle|Thomas Shaw]]
| birth_name = Alexander Shaw
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1883|2|28}}
| birth_place =
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|9|29|1883|2|28|df=yes}}
| death_place =
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| party = [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] (Before 1916, 1923–1944)
| other_party = [[Coalition Liberal]] (1916–1922)
[[National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)|National Liberal]] (1922–1923)
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| spouse = {{marriage|Margaret Cargill Mackay|1913}}
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| children = 4, including [[Thomas Shaw, 3rd Baron Craigmyle|Thomas]]
| father = [[Thomas Shaw, 1st Baron Craigmyle|Thomas Shaw]]
| mother = Elspeth Forrest
| relatives =
| education = [[George Watson's College]]
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| alma_mater = [[University of Edinburgh]]
[[Trinity College, Oxford]]
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| occupation = Lawyer
| profession =
| branch = [[Royal Marines]]
| branch = [[Royal Marines]]
| battles = {{tree list}}
| battles = {{tree list}}
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** [[Battle of the Somme]]
** [[Battle of the Somme]]
{{tree list/end}}
{{tree list/end}}
| constituency = [[Kilmarnock (UK Parliament constituency)|Kilmarnock]]
| parliament = United Kingdom
| majority =
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| term_start = 1918
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| term_end = 1923
| predecessor = Constituency established
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| successor = [[Robert Climie]]
| prior_term =
| constituency1 = [[Kilmarnock Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Kilmarnock Burghs]]
| parliament1 = United Kingdom
| majority1 =
| term_start1 = 1915
| term_end1 = 1918
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| predecessor1 = [[Will Gladstone]]
| successor1 = Constituency abolished
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| party = [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]
}}
}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

'''Alexander Shaw, 2nd Baron Craigmyle''' (28 February 1883 – 29 September 1944){{Rayment-hc|k|2|date=March 2012}} was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] politician.
'''Alexander Shaw, 2nd Baron Craigmyle''' (28 February 1883 – 29 September 1944){{Rayment-hc|k|2|date=March 2012}} was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] politician.


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[[Category:Nobility from Fife]]
[[Category:Nobility from Fife]]
[[Category:Scottish Liberal Party MPs|Shaw, Alexander]]
[[Category:Scottish Liberal Party MPs|Shaw, Alexander]]
[[Category:National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) politicians|Shaw, Alexander]]
[[Category:Presidents of the Oxford Union|Shaw, Alexander]]
[[Category:Presidents of the Oxford Union|Shaw, Alexander]]
[[Category:Barons Craigmyle|2]]
[[Category:Barons Craigmyle|2]]
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[[Category:High sheriffs of the County of London|Shaw, Alexander]]
[[Category:High sheriffs of the County of London|Shaw, Alexander]]
[[Category:Sons of life peers]]
[[Category:Sons of life peers]]



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