Frederick Shaw (politician)

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Sir Frederick Shaw, 3rd Baronet (11 December 179930 June 1876) was an Irish Conservative MP in the United Kingdom Parliament. He was the second son of Colonel Sir Robert Shaw, Bt of Bushy Park, County Dublin. He became a member of the Privy Council of Ireland on 15 January 1835. Shaw became the 3rd Baronet on 19 February 1869.

He attended Trinity College, Dublin, and subsequently Oxford University. He became a member of King's Inns, Dublin and was called to the Irish Bar in 1822. He held the judicial offices of Recorder, (a part-time municipal judge) of Dublin and Dundalk.

He was MP for Dublin City in 1830-1831 and 1832. He represented Dublin University 1832-1848. He resigned his seat by becoming Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.

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  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Vol. I 1832-1885, edited by Michael Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
George Moore
Henry Grattan
Member of Parliament for Dublin City
with George Moore

1830–1831
Succeeded by
Robert Way Harty
Louis Perrin
Preceded by
Robert Way Harty
Louis Perrin
Member of Parliament for Dublin City
with Viscount Ingestre

1831–1832
Succeeded by
Daniel O'Connell
Edward Southwell Ruthven
Preceded by
Thomas Lefroy
Member of Parliament for Dublin University
with Thomas Lefroy 1832–1842
Joseph Devonsher Jackson 1842–1843
George Alexander Hamilton 1843–1848

1832–1848
Succeeded by
George Alexander Hamilton
Joseph Napier
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Robert Shaw
Baronet
(of Bushy Park)
1869–1876
Succeeded by
Robert Shaw