Background
He was the son of Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 6th Baronet.
He was the son of Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 6th Baronet.
He sat in the House of Commons from 1855 to 1865. A keen cricketer, Shaw-Stewart played a single first-class cricket match for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1850. He was re-elected in 1857 and 1859, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1865 general election.
Shaw-Stewart was Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire from 1869 to 1903 and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland from 1873 to 1882.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1883. Sir Michael Hugh Shaw-Stewart, 8th Baronet (1854–1942)
Walter Richard Shaw-Stewart (1861–1934)
Helen Shaw-Stewart, married Charles Pierrepont, 4th Earl Manvers.
16th United Kingdom Parliament. 17th United Kingdom Parliament. 18th United Kingdom Parliament]
In May 1855, he was elected at an unopposed by-election as the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Renfrewshire.