Charles Lawrence Shaw (1886-1965) was born in Foochow, China, the son of Charles Shaw, a Church Missionary Society (CMS) missionary. He was educated at the Church Missionary Society (CMS) Children's Home at Limpsfield, St Lawrence College, Ramsgate and Sidney Sussex College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He was ordained as a deacon in 1909 and as a priest in 1920 and became curate of West Ham parish church. He was accepted as a CMS missionary in 1911 and served firstly at Biladia (Central Provinces Mission) and then with the West India Mission at Lusadia and Kherwara. He was appointed Canon of Bombay in 1940 and retired from full service in 1950. He returned to England in 1954 after the death of his wife, Lily Compigne (ne Guilford 1884-1954), daughter of Edward Guilford, also a CMS missionary. He died in 1965.
Reference: unpublished additions to the CMS register of missionaries (men 1911-1914) in the CMS archives
From the guide to the Papers of Canon Charles Shaw and his wife, Lilian Shaw, c. 1850-1959, (University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections Department)
