Benjamin Shaw (MP)

For other people named Benjamin Shaw, see Benjamin Shaw (disambiguation).

Benjamin Shaw (c 1770 – 6 November 1843)[1] was an English politician.

He was elected at the 1812 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the rotten borough of Westbury in Wiltshire, but was not re-elected in 1818.[2]

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)
  2. Thorne, R. G. (1986). R. Thorne, ed. "SHAW, Benjamin (?1770-1843), of 29 Lower Brook Street, Mdx.". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820,. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John de Ponthieu
Henry Lascelles
Member of Parliament for Westbury
1812 1818
With: Benjamin Hall to 1814
Ralph Franco from 1814
Succeeded by
Ralph Franco
Lord Francis Conyngham


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