Sir Frederick Shaw, 3rd Baronet (11 December 1799 – 30 June 1876) was an Irish Conservative MP in the

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, and a

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. He was the second son of Colonel Sir Robert Shaw, Bt of

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and his first wife Maria Wilkinson, daughter and heiress of Abraham Wilkinson. He became a member of the

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on 15 January 1835. Shaw became the 3rd Baronet on 19 February 1869 on the death of his elder brother Robert. He attended

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(BA and MA 1832, LLB and LLD 1841), and subsequently

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(BA). He became a member of

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, Dublin and was called to the

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in 1822. He held the judicial offices of

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, (a part-time

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) and also of

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. His status as a judge did not debar him from sitting in the House of Commons, although the propriety of the dual role was frequently questioned, and in 1832 there was an unsuccessful move in the Commons to make him vacate the Recordership. On the other hand, he was praised as a hardworking and conscientious magistrate. He married on 16 March 1819, Thomasine Emily, the daughter of Hon. George Jocelyn, MP, of Newport,

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, Member of Parliament for

and Thomasine Bowen, and granddaughter of

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. They had eight children. Thomasine died in 1859. He was MP for Dublin City in 1830–1831 and 1832. He represented

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, 1832–1848. He resigned his seat by becoming Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. He was generally regarded as the leader of the Irish Conservative Party. A devout member of the

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and a member of the

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, he was sometimes accused of bias against Roman Catholics, and comments he reportedly made on the subject in 1835 led to a heated debate in the House of Commons, at which he was present and defended himself vigorously

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, 21 August 1835. in the face of attacks by

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among others. His fellow MPs noted that while his normal speaking style was "cold and monotonous", he invariably became fierce and passionate when speaking of religion. He lived in Kimmage Manor right up to his death in 1876. Upon succeeding to the Baronetcy he decided to stay in Kimmage which he had extended and developed rather than move to the other family residence of Bushy Park House in

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Death

He died on 30 June 1876 and was interred in Saint Mary's Church,

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. His eldest son, Robert Shaw (1821–1895), succeeded to his baronetcy.

Relatives

He was a distant relative of the writer

George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 188 ...

, whose father was a cousin of Frederick Shaw. The journalist Flora Shaw, Lady Lugard, DBE was a grandchild, daughter of his son, General George Shaw

References

* ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Vol. I 1832–1885'', edited by Michael Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976) * *

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