Thomas Shaw, 3rd Baron Craigmyle, 1923-1998 ~ Philanthropist

Philanthropist

A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...

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Thomas Donald Mackay Shaw, The (3rd) Lord Craigmyle, was the son of the 2nd Baron Craigmyle

Alexander Shaw, 2nd Baron Craigmyle

Alexander Shaw, 2nd Baron Craigmyle was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.-Life:Shaw was a lawyer by profession, having studied at Trinity College, Oxford and being called to the bar in 1908. In 1913 he married Lady Margaret Cargill Mackay, who gave him one son and three daughters...

 and born on 17 November 1923. He died on the 30th April 1998.

He was educated at Eton

Eton College

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 and Trinity College, Oxford

Trinity College, Oxford

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. In 1955 he married Anthea Esther Christine Rich (daughter of Mr. E.C. Rich) and had three sons and three daughters.

Career

He was chairman Craigmyle & Co Ltd, and Claridge Mills Ltd, and director of Inchape & C Ltd. Clubs: Royal Thames Yacht Club

Royal Thames Yacht Club

The Royal Thames Yacht Club is the oldest sailing club in the United Kingdom. Its headquarters are located at 60 Knightsbridge, London, England, overlooking Hyde Park....

, Caledonian Club

Caledonian Club

The Caledonian Club is a members' club in central London, for Scots in London and their guests.- History :The club was founded in 1891 as a proprietary club, based in Chares II street, London SW1...

, Bengal

Bengal Club

Located in Kolkata, India, The Bengal Club was opened in 1827 as the Calcutta United Service Club. The club's first President was Lt. Col. The Hon. J. Finch...

 (Calcutta). Membership of other associations: Royal Society of Arts

Royal Society of Arts

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 (FRSA), Venerable Order of Saint John

Venerable Order of Saint John

The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem , is a royal order of chivalry established in 1831 and found today throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, Hong Kong, Ireland and the United States of America, with the world-wide mission "to prevent and relieve sickness and...

 (CStJ), and President of the British Association of the Order of Malta (Sovereign Military & Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta).

Lord Craigmyle was "one of Britain's most philanthropic Roman Catholic laymen

Layman

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. A convert...with a deep piety

Piety

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 and astonishing personal generosity, to the great benefit of the numerous causes he supported" [quoted from his obituary

Obituary

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 in The Times

The Times

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, 8 May 1998].

His eldest son The Hon Thomas Columba Shaw is now the current (4th) Baron Craigmyle

Baron Craigmyle

Baron Craigmyle, of Craigmyle in the County of Aberdeen, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in May 1929 for the Liberal politician and judge Thomas Shaw, Baron Shaw. He had already in 1909 been given a life peerage under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as Baron...

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Other References

• Obituary, The Independent, by G. Noel, ref. the 3rd Baron Craigmyle http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-lord-craigmyle-1159659.html