John Valentine Wistar Shaw

Sir John Valentine Wistar Shaw KCMG, (1894–1982) was a British colonial administrator. Born in Derby on 14 February 1894, Shaw was educated at Repton, and in the First World War did military service from 1914 to 1919. He then joined the Colonial Administrative Service.

Appointments[1]

Gold Coast

Palestine

Cyprus

Palestine

Palestine and Cyprus

Trinidad and Tobago

Death

Shaw died 1982 in Hastings, Sussex.

Honours and legacy

Shaw was awarded the CMG in 1942, became Knight Bachelor in 1946, and KCMG in 1947. His papers are held by the Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House, with additional items[2] at the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds.

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