Sunday, 7 August 2016
1286 Charles Shaw
Constituency : Stafford 1892 - 1910
Charles took Stafford from the Tories.
Charles was educated at Tettenhall College and Oxford.
Charles was chairman and managing director of the family merchant firm. He sat on Wolverhampton Town Council.
Charles saw himself as a Radical and supported trade unions. He clung on to his seat by tiny majorities. Even in 1906 it was only 311 votes.
Charles was created a baronet in 1908. He stood down before the December 1910 election.
He died in 1942 aged 82.
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