1764 - 1843 (78 years)
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Name |
James (Bt. of Kilmarnock, co. Ayr, and Polmadie, co. Kirkcudbright.) Shaw |
Prefix |
Sir |
Birth |
26 Aug 1764 |
Riccarton, Kilmarnock, Scotland |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1843 |
Person ID |
I103109 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
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Notes |
- SHAW, of London, and of Kilmarnock, Co. Ayr, North Britain. 21 Sept. 1809.
2d Patent, 14 Jan. 1813.
Sir JAMES SHAW, Baronet, Chamberlain of the City of London ; President of the Hon. Artillery Company ; President of the London Lyingin Hospital; a Director of the West-India Docks, and of the Imperial Insurance Company; a Visitor of the London Institution; born at Riccarton, 26 Aug. 1764. Sir James was elected alderman of Portsoken Ward, 1798 ; in 1803 he served the office of sheriff, and in 1805 he was elected to the mayoralty. On the day previous to his quitting the civic chair he was returned by the livery to be one of their representatives in parliament, which he continued to enjoy till created a bart. as above; and, 14 Jan. 1813, obtained a second patent, with limitation, on failure of issue male of his body, to his nephew (ex sorore) John Shaw, of Whitehall Place, esq.
authorized to take the surname and arms
On the death of his father, the family moved to Kilmarnock, and Shaw studied at the local grammar school.
At the age of 17, he followed his elder brother to America to seek work, returning after three years to take up a position in the same company's London offices and becoming a junior partner in the firm (Douglas & Shaw). He became a wealthy merchant and financially assisted the children of Robert Burns after Burns's death in 1796. He was elected alderman for Portsoken in 1798 and became Sheriff of London and Middlesex in 1803.
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