Colonel Sir Robert Shaw, 1st Baronet (29 January 1774 – 10 March 1849) of Bushy Park, Dublin was a Tory UK Member of Parliament, who represented Dublin City from 1804 to 1826.
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Early life
Robert Shaw Jr was born in 1774, the eldest son of Robert Shaw Sr. His father had moved to Dublin in the mid-18th century, prospered as a merchant and became Accountant-General of the Post Office.
Shaw was also the great-great-grandson of William Shaw, who, in 1689, had gone to Ireland and fought for King William at the Battle of the Boyne and been rewarded with the grant of land there.
Career
In 1796, Shaw became a Dublin Sheriff's peer, a position he held until 1808, and was appointed High Sheriff of County Dublin for 1806–07. He was an alderman of Dublin from 1808 to 1841 and was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin for 1815–16. Between 1799 and 1800, Shaw served in the Irish House of Commons for Bannow.