Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet

Colonel Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet (26 November 1826 – 10 December 1903) was a British baronet and MP.

He was the son of Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 6th Baronet.

He was Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire from 1855 to 1865, Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire from 1869 to 1903 and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland from 1873 to 1882. He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1883.

On 28 December 1852, he married Lady Octavia Grosvenor, a daughter of the 2nd Marquess of Westminster. They had three children:

  • Sir Michael Hugh Shaw-Stewart, 8th Baronet (1854–1942)
  • Walter Richard Shaw-Stewart (1861–1934)
  • Helen Shaw-Stewart, married Charles Pierrepont, 4th Earl Manvers

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