Benjamin Shaw

???? - 1843


Biography

London merchant, partner with Andrew Jordaine, and MP for Grampound 1812-1818. They were one of a group of London merchants lending £60,000 in total to Alexander Donaldson in 1803 secured on substantial 'slave-property', mostly mortgages. Shaw was a major City figure, active at Lloyd's and instrumental in the founding of UCL.


Sources

http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1790-1820/member/shaw-benjamin-1770-1843


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Legacies Summary

Commercial (2)

Name partner
 
Chairman
Lloyd's of London
Insurance  
 

Cultural (1)

Director
University College London...... 
notes →
Director of London University joint-stock co. and member of council...

Political (1)

MP
 
election →
Grampound Cornwall
1812 - 1818

Relationships (2)

Business partners
Mortgagee → Mortgagor