Richard Shaw (Liberal politician) explained

Richard Shaw
Constituency Mp:	Burnley
Parliament:	United Kingdom
Term Start:	1868
Term End:	1876
Predecessor:	New constituency
Successor:	Peter Rylands
Birth Date:	1825 8, df=y
Birth Place:	Burnley, Lancashire
Nationality:	British
Party:	Liberal Party

Richard Shaw (6 August 1825 – 19 January 1876)^[1] was a British Liberal Party politician.

Early life

Shaw was born in Burnley, Lancashire and educated at Burnley Grammar School and St Peter's School, York^[2]

Career

At the 1868 general election, Shaw was elected as the first Member of Parliament (MP) for the newly enfranchised parliamentary borough of Burnley^[3] in Lancashire. He was re-elected in 1874, and held the seat until his death in 1876, aged 50.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historical list of MPs: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6) . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231313/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Bcommons6.htm . 10 August 2009 . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages . usurped . 21 November 2009.
2. Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events, Vol. 16, for 1876, published 1886, p. 642-43
3. Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig

   . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 . 1977 . 2nd . 1989 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-26-4 . 88.