1327 William Shaw

Constituency : Halifax  1893-7

William  took  over  from  his  deceased  father  as  MP  for  Halifax.

William  was  heir  to  a  huge  mill  in  the  town. In  1881  his  father  endowed  the  Rawson  Shaw  Scholarship  to  celebrate  his  coming  of  age. William  was  the  son-in-law  of  Josepgh  Crook, MP  for  Bolton.

William  made  few  contributions  in  Parliament.

William  resigned  his  seat  in  1897  and  moved  to  Sussex  where  he  became  a  magistrate.  He  is  said  to  have  become  a  Conservative  in  later  life.

He  died  in  1932  aged  71.