Edward Shaw (bishop)
{{Short description|Bishop of Buckingham from 1914 to 1921}}
{{For|other people named Edward Shaw|Edward Shaw (disambiguation)}}
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| title = Bishop of Buckingham
| birth_name = Edward Domett Shaw
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1860|10|5}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1937|11|5|1860|10|5}}
| other_post = Assistant Bishop of Oxford
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| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-handed fast-medium
| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 11
| runs1 = 315
| bat avg1 = 15.75
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1
| top score1 = 78*
| deliveries1 = 889
| wickets1 = 19
| bowl avg1 = 18.84
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 5/29
| catches/stumpings1= 3/–
| source = http://content-www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/20700.html Cricnfo
| date = 12 April
| year = 2023
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Edward Domett Shaw[http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp76089 NPG details] (5 October 1860{{snd}}5 November 1937) was Bishop of Buckingham from 1914 to 1921 and Assistant Bishop of Oxford until 1935.
Biography
Shaw was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, between 1871 and 1876;St John's School, Leatherhead, School Register, 1852-1904. Published April 1904, p.38 and p.63 Forest School, Walthamstow; and Oriel College, Oxford.“Who was Who 1897-1990" London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}} As a young man he played first-class cricket, both for his university and Middlesex.[http://content-www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/20700.html Cricketing career]
In 1887 he was appointed Headmaster of Bishop's Stortford College and was ordained two years later.Three of whom died in the First World War The Times, 6 November 1937; pg. 17; Issue 47835; col B Bishop E. D. Shaw Former Bishop Of Buckingham From 1894 until 1910 he was the vicar of High Wycombe,{{cite book | last=Malden Richard (ed) | first=| author-link= | title= Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) | location= London | publisher= The Field Press| pages=202| year=1920 | isbn=}} and in January 1902 he was also appointed Rural Dean of Wycombe.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ecclesiastical intelligence |date=10 January 1902 |page=5 |issue=36661}} In 1910 he was appointed Archdeacon of Buckingham; in 1913 it was announced that he would be the first Bishop of Buckingham (a bishop suffragan to the Bishop of Oxford),The Times, 29 November 1913; pg. 14; Issue 40382; col C Ecclesiastical Intelligence. The New Bishop Suffragan Of Buckingham a post he held until 1921 when his duties were redefined to undertake the roles of Archdeacon of Oxford and Assistant Bishop of Oxford (across the whole diocese)[http://www.sthughs.ox.ac.uk/assets/File/PDF/Charter.pdf Role in the upgrading of St Hugh’s College]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and residentiary canon of Christ Church. He retired in ill-health in September 1936;{{Church Times | title = Church news | archive = 1936_05_29_665 | issue = 3827 | date = 29 May 1936 | page = 665 | accessed = 27 February 2020 }} following his death in 1937 The Times commented in its obituary that {{quote|1=although his churchmanship was very definite his kind nature ensured he could always see the good in other people’s natures.The Times Obituary (ibid)}}
Family
Shaw married, in 1891, Agnes Gilbey, with whom he had ten children. Their son, Edward Alfred, also played first-class cricket and was killed in the First World War, as were two other sons, Bernard and Arthur. His only surviving son, Robert, played first-class cricket and became a Captain in the Royal Navy, serving in the Second World War.
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