Education
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.
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. Gold Coast
Assistant District Commissioner, 1921–1925
District Commissioner, 1925 -1928
Assistant Secretary, 1928–1935
Palestine
Assistant Secretary, 1935–1938
Senior Assistant Secretary, 1938–1939
Departmental Chief Secretary, 1939–1940
Cyprus
Colonial Secretary 1940–1943
Palestine
Chief Secretary 1943
Palestine and Cyprus
Acting Governor, Cyprus and Acting High Commissioner for Palestine for several periods, 1940–1946. Trinidad and Tobago
Governor and Commander-in-Chief, 1947–1950
Shaw died 1982 in Hastings, Sussex.
His papers are held by the Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House, with additional items at the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds.