Alexander Shaw (1737 – 30 May 1811) was a soldier and administrator who served as the third Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.
Career
Shaw was commissioned into the 60th Regiment of Foot in 1756.[1] 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.[1] Shaw rose to the rank of colonel[2] and returned to his home at Tordarroch House near Pitlochry at the end of the American Revolutionary War in 1783.[1] From 1790 he acted as Lieutenant Governor and Deputy to the Governor of the Isle of Man: Shaw retired in 1804.[3] He was the 15th Chief of Clan Shaw and 10th Chief of Clan Shaw of Tordarroch.[1]
Family
He married firstly Charlotte Stewart; they had two sons.[1] He married secondly Ann Elizabeth Blanckley; they had four sons and four daughters.[1]
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