An Irish Protestant and army officer, he married lawyer's daughter Elizabeth Brown at St Cuthbert's in Edinburgh on 1 April 1816 and had six children with her, though two of them died young and another in early adulthood.
He died two years after the birth of their last child and left his widow with debts. He is also commemorated on the tomb of his wife and children at St John-at-Hampstead in Hampstead, London.
St Cuthbert's Burial Register - February 23, 1833
SHAW, Mr William, lace manufacturer, from 9 Hanover Street, who died on the 19th aged 52 years, was interred here on the 23. Lies (foot) 10 feet S. from E. rail of Rev Dr M'Knight's tomb. 52 years. Water in the chest.
He died two years after the birth of their last child and left his widow with debts. He is also commemorated on the tomb of his wife and children at St John-at-Hampstead in Hampstead, London.
St Cuthbert's Burial Register - February 23, 1833
SHAW, Mr William, lace manufacturer, from 9 Hanover Street, who died on the 19th aged 52 years, was interred here on the 23. Lies (foot) 10 feet S. from E. rail of Rev Dr M'Knight's tomb. 52 years. Water in the chest.
An Irish Protestant and army officer, he married lawyer's daughter Elizabeth Brown at St Cuthbert's in Edinburgh on 1 April 1816 and had six children with her, though two of them died young and another in early adulthood.
He died two years after the birth of their last child and left his widow with debts. He is also commemorated on the tomb of his wife and children at St John-at-Hampstead in Hampstead, London.
St Cuthbert's Burial Register - February 23, 1833
SHAW, Mr William, lace manufacturer, from 9 Hanover Street, who died on the 19th aged 52 years, was interred here on the 23. Lies (foot) 10 feet S. from E. rail of Rev Dr M'Knight's tomb. 52 years. Water in the chest.
He died two years after the birth of their last child and left his widow with debts. He is also commemorated on the tomb of his wife and children at St John-at-Hampstead in Hampstead, London.
St Cuthbert's Burial Register - February 23, 1833
SHAW, Mr William, lace manufacturer, from 9 Hanover Street, who died on the 19th aged 52 years, was interred here on the 23. Lies (foot) 10 feet S. from E. rail of Rev Dr M'Knight's tomb. 52 years. Water in the chest.
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