Background
The son of Stebbing Shaw (died 1799), rector of Hartshorne, Derbyshire, he was born near Stone, Staffordshire. His mother"s maiden name was Hyatt, and she owned a small Staffordshire estate, which passed to her son.
The son of Stebbing Shaw (died 1799), rector of Hartshorne, Derbyshire, he was born near Stone, Staffordshire. His mother"s maiden name was Hyatt, and she owned a small Staffordshire estate, which passed to her son.
He was educated at Repton School, and on 24 May 1780 was admitted as pensioner at Queens" College, Cambridge, where he made the acquaintance of Sir Egerton Brydges, who came up at the same time. He graduated Bachelor of Arts 1784, Master of Arts
Brydges and he spent the autumn of 1789 in visiting the counties of Derby and Leicester, and in the summer of 1790 Shaw was in Sussex. He retired to his father"s rectory at Hartshorne in the summer of 1791. Shaw was elected fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 5 March 1795, and on 27 April 1799 he succeeded his father in the rectory of Hartshorne.
At the end of his life he was examining the topographical and genealogical manuscripts in the British Museum.
When he died in London on 28 October 1802 he is said to have been insane.