Charles Shaw (soldier)

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Sir Charles Shaw (1795—February 22, 1871) was a British soldier.

Shaw served in the army in Spain and Belgium, including the Battle of Waterloo. In 1831 he joined the liberating army of Portugal in the Azores, and commanded a regiment during the whole of the civil war in Portugal. In 1835 he was appointed Brigadier-General of the British Auxiliary Legion in Spain.

He was knighted in 1838.

In 1839 he was appointed by the Government as Chief Commissioner of Police in Manchester and Bolton, a position which he held till 1842. Shaw was also a Knight Commander of the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword, and Knight Commander of San Fernando of Spain.

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• The Annals of Manchester: A chronological record from the earliest times to the end of 1885. Edited by William E. A. Axon. 1886. Manchester Central Library, Salford Local History Library