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Captain William Thomas Shaw (26 or 27 February 1879 – 20 October 1965) was Unionist Party Member of Parliament for
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for two periods, 1918 to 1922 and 1931 to 1945. Born in
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,
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, he was educated at Slochnacraig School and the
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and was admitted to the
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in 1901. In the 1910 general election he contested but lost the seat of
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. During World War I, he served in the
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. Shaw married Margret Cassilis in 1908. They remained married until her death in 1949. They had three daughters.


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* 1879 births 1965 deaths People educated at the High School of Dundee Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 British Army personnel of World War I Royal Army Service Corps officers {{Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub