Sir John Giles Dunkerley Shaw (16 November 1931 – 12 April 2000), known as Giles Shaw, was a British Conservative Party politician. Shaw was born in

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, the son of an

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. He was educated at

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and St. John's College, Cambridge, joining the Conservative association and becoming President of the

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for the

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, 1954. On returning to York, he became an executive of the confectionery firm Rowntree Mackintosh, rising to advertising manager, then marketing director. He was an advertising manager and chairman of the Conservative Divisional Executive. Shaw contested Kingston upon Hull West at the 1966 general election. He was subsequently the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from 1974 until he retired at the 1997 general election. Shaw held a number of junior ministerial posts during the first eight years of the Thatcher administration: Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Northern Ireland Office (1979–1981); Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Environment (1981–1983); Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Energy (1983–1984); Minister of State, Home Office (1984–1986); and Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (1986–1987). Shaw left the front-bench following the 1987 general election and was

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that year in recognition of his service as a Member of Parliament. Sir Giles was also elected treasurer of the

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in 1988, the Speaker's Panel of Chairmen and later became Chairman of the Science and Technology Committee. He was Chairman of Governors at

from 1992 to 1997. Shaw was also appointed director of both

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and

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in 1990, and became the 2nd Chairman of

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Ltd (BARB) in 1997. Shaw died of a

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aged 68.

Sources

*''Times Guide to the House of Commons'', Times Newspapers Limited, 1992 and 1997 editions. *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaw, Giles 1931 births 2000 deaths People educated at Sedbergh School Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Presidents of the Cambridge Union UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 Northern Ireland Office junior ministers