Charles Shaw (British Army officer)
Brigadier-General Sir Charles Shaw (6 August 1794 – 22 February 1871) was a Scottish soldier and liberal, who served in the British Army and in British volunteer forces on the constitutional side in civil wars in Portugal and Spain. He was later a pioneering police commissioner.
Sir Charles Shaw | |
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| Born | 6 August 1794 Ayr, Scotland |
| Died | 22 February 1871 (aged 76) Bad Homberg-vor-der-Hohe, Germany |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | British Army (1813-44) Portugal: Liberating Army (1831-35) Spain: British Auxiliary Legion (1835-36) |
| Rank | Half-pay Lieutenant (British Regular Army) Captain-Commandant (British Volunteers) Lieutenant-Colonel (Portugal) Brigadier-General (Spain) |
| Commands held | Leith Shapshooters (Britain) Scotch Fusiliers (Portugal) Scotch Brigade, British Auxiliary Legion (Spain) Irish Brigade, British Auxiliary Legion (Spain) Manchester and Bolton Police Forces (1839 - 1842) |
| Battles/wars | Napoleonic Wars Portuguese Liberal Wars First Carlist War |
| Awards | Knight of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword (Portugal) (1834) Knight of the Royal Military Order of San Fernando (Spain) (1836) Knight Bachelor (UK) (1838) |
| Other work | Chief Commissioner, Manchester Borough Police |
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