Sir Hugh Shaw-Stewart, 8th Baronet

Sir Michael Hugh Shaw-Stewart, 8th Baronet KCB TD DL JP (11 July 1854 – 29 June 1942) was a Scottish politician, soldier and landowner.[1]

He was the eldest son of Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet, and Lady Octavia Grosvenor, daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.[2][3]

He was a Captain in the 4th Battalion (Princess Louise's), the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and Honorary Colonel of the 5/6th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.[1]

He was unsuccessful Conservative parliamentary candidate for Stirlingshire in 1885, and was elected for East Renfrewshire in 1886, holding the seat until 1906.[1]

In 1903, he succeeded his father in the baronetcy and as Laird of Ardgowan. He was awarded the CB in the 1916 Birthday Honours and knighted in the same order in the 1933 Birthday Honours. He was Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire from 1922 until his death and was also chairman of the county council.[1]

In 1883, he married Lady Alice Emma Thynne CBE JP, daughter of John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath. There were no surviving children of the marriage. He died in a nursing home in Glasgow, aged 87. He was succeeded by his nephew, Col. Sir Walter Guy Shaw-Stewart, 9th Baronet MC.[1]