Charles Shawe (15 November 1878 – 9 February 1951) was an English first-class

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er. The son of Henry Cunliffe Shawe and his wife, Georgina Wilmot Gresley, he was born at Weddington Hall in

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. Shawe attended the

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, graduating into the Rifle Brigade as a second lieutenant in 1898. He was promoted to the rank of

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in April 1900, with promotion to the rank of

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coming in April 1904. He was seconded for service as '' aide-de-camp'' to General Lyttelton in May 1908. He later served as the ''aide-de-camp'' to Arthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool in November 1912. He retired from active service in November 1913, at which point he was transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Shawe returned to active service during the

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, serving on the general staff. Shawe later made a single appearance in

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for H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI against

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in 1919. Batting once in the match, Shawe was dismissed without scoring in the H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI first-innings by Frederic Waldock, while in the Oxford second-innings he bowled two overs, which conceded 32 runs. He died in February 1951 at Witham Friary, Somerset.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shawe, Charles 1878 births 1951 deaths Cricketers from Nuneaton Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Rifle Brigade officers British Army personnel of World War I English cricketers H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers