Benjamin Shaw (''c'' 1770 – 6 November 1843)
was an English politician.
He was elected at the
1812 general election as a
Member of Parliament (MP) for the
rotten borough
A rotten or pocket borough, also known as a nomination borough or proprietorial borough, was a parliamentary borough or Electoral district, constituency in Kingdom of England, England, Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain, or the United Kin ...
of
Westbury in Wiltshire, but was not re-elected in
1818
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Battle of Koregaon: Troops of the British East India Company score a decisive victory over the Maratha Confederacy, Maratha Empire.
** English author Mary Shelley publishes the novel ''Frankenstein ...
.
References
External links
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1770s births
1843 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
UK MPs 1812–1818
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