Alexander Shaw, 2nd Baron Craigmyle

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

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Kilmarnock Burghs at a by-election in 1915, 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, retaining the seat as a Liberal in 1922. He resigned from the House of Commons 12 November 1923; no by-election was held, and the seat remained vacant when Parliament was dissolved on 16 November for the 1923 general election.

The son of the Law Lord Thomas Shaw, 1st Baron Craigmyle, he succeeded to the peerage on his father's death in 1937. On his own death in 1944, aged 61, he was succeeded by his only son Thomas Donald Mackay Shaw.

[edit] References

• Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
• Historical list of MPs: K at Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Peerages: C (part 7) at Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Glynne Charles Gladstone	Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock Burghs 1915–1918	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock 1918–1923	Succeeded by Robert Climie
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Shaw	Baron Craigmyle 1937–1944	Succeeded by Thomas Donald Mackay Shaw