Alexander Shaw, 2nd Baron Craigmyle

Alexander Shaw, 2nd Baron Craigmyle (28 February 1883 – 29 September 1944) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.

Early life and education Alexander Shaw was born 28 February 1883. He was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, the University of Edinburgh and Trinity College, Oxford (where he was President of the Oxford Union in 1905). A lawyer by profession, he was called to the bar in 1908. and held the seat until its abolition for the 1918 general election. He was then elected as a Coalition Liberal for the new county constituency of Kilmarnock, retaining the seat as a Liberal in 1922. He resigned from the House of Commons on 12 November 1923 by the procedural device of accepting a nominal appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. No by-election was held, and the seat remained vacant when Parliament was dissolved on 16 November for the 1923 general election.