Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, 7th Baronet

Colonel Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet (26 November 1826 – 10 December 1903) was a British baronet and MP.

He was the son of Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 6th Baronet.

A keen cricketer, Shaw-Stewart played a single first-class cricket match for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1850.[1] He was Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire from 1855 to 1865, Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire from 1869 to 1903 and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland from 1873 to 1882. He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1883.[2]

On 28 December 1852, he married Lady Octavia Grosvenor, a daughter of the 2nd Marquess of Westminster. They had three children:

References

  1. "Player profile: Michael Shaw=Stewart". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 25208. p. 1232. 3 March 1883. Retrieved 12 December 2011.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Mure
Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire
18551865
Succeeded by
Archibald Alexander Speirs
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Earl of Glasgow
Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire
18691903
Succeeded by
The Lord Blythswood
Masonic offices
Preceded by
The Earl of Rosslyn
Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Scotland

18731882
Succeeded by
The Earl of Mar
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by
Michael Shaw-Stewart
Baronet
(of Blackhall)
1836-1903
Succeeded by
Michael Hugh Shaw-Stewart