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Alexander Shaw (British Army officer)

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Monarch
  
George III

Allegiance
  
Service/branch
  
Nationality
  
British

Succeeded by
  
Lord Henry Murray


Full Name
  
Alexander Shaw

Role
  
British Army officer

Preceded by
  
Name
  
Alexander Shaw

Rank
  
Spouse(s)
  
Charlotte StewartAnne Elizabeth Blanckley

Battles/wars
  
Seven Years' WarAmerican Revolutionary War

Died
  
May 30, 1811, Bath, United Kingdom

Colonel Alexander Shaw (1737 – 30 May 1811) was a soldier and administrator who served as the third Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.

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Career

Shaw was commissioned into the 60th Regiment of Foot in 1756. He served in North America during the Seven Years' War as aide-de-camp to General Augustine Prévost and was severely wounded at the capture of Quebec in 1759. Shaw rose to the rank of Colonel and returned to his home at Tordarroch House near Pitlochry at the end of the American Revolutionary War in 1783. From 1790 he acted as Lieutenant Governor and Deputy to the Governor of the Isle of Man: Shaw retired in 1804. He was the 15th Chief of Clan Shaw and 10th Chief of Clan Shaw of Tordarroch.

Family

He married firstly Charlotte Stewart; they had two sons. He married secondly Anne Elizabeth Blanckley; they had four sons and four daughters.

References

Alexander Shaw (British Army officer) Wikipedia


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