Charles Shaw (British Army officer)

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

Shaw was commissioned into the 52nd Foot in 1813. He served in Spain and Belgium, including the Battle of Waterloo. In 1817 he transferred to the 90th Foot. In 1818 he left the Army to go into business, but 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 during the First Carlist War. 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