About John Shaw
Lived 1617 – 1690 (aged 72–73). John Shaw was an English politician.
Sir John Shaw (c. 1617 – 1690) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1679.
Shaw was the son of John Shaw of Colchester and his wife Mary Lufkin. His father was an alderman who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.
In 1659, Shaw was elected Member of Parliament for Colchester in the Third Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Colchester for the Convention Parliament in 1660 and for the Cavalier Parliament in 1661 and sat until 1679.
Shaw married Thamar Lewes in 1643 and had several children.
Shaw is buried in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, Colchester.
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English politician in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1679
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