Charles James Dalrymple Shaw, Baron Kilbrandon, (15 August 1906 – 10 September 1989) was a

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judge and

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Family and education

He was the son of James Edward Shaw and his wife Gladys Elizabeth Lester (the daughter of the Rev.

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and granddaughter of

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Sir Frederick Parkinson Lester). Shaw was educated at

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and went then to

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. He finally graduated at the

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. On 5 April 1937, he married Ruth Caroline Grant and had by her two sons and three daughters.

Judicial career

Shaw was elected to the

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in 1932 and was appointed its

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in 1957. After his military service in the

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, he was nominated a

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in 1949. He was Sheriff of Ayr and Bute from 1954 and subsequently

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in 1957. Two years later, he became a

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and Lord of Session, choosing the

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Lord Kilbrandon. Shaw chaired the

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in 1965. He was appointed a

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on 4 October 1971 and received the traditional

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age as Baron Kilbrandon, of Kilbrandon, in the

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. In the same year he was sworn of the Privy Council. Shaw was chancellor of the

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as well as of the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles and acted as director of the

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. He was chairman of the Scottish Transport Council and of the Standing Consultative Council on Youth Service in Scotland.

Honours and legacy

During his career Shaw were awarded the honorary degrees of a

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by the

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and a

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by his old alma mater, the University of Edinburgh.

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made him an honorary bencher and Balliol College an honorary fellow. His most important contribution to public life was probably his work as chairman of Royal Commission on the Constitution (commonly referred to as the Kilbrandon Commission) from 1972. He also chaired a committee on children in trouble. Nearly all its recommendations were enacted in new bills and created the basic structures of child care practices and policies in Scotland.

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Family and education

Judicial career

Honours and legacy

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