Papers of Canon Charles Shaw and his wife, Lilian Shaw c. 1850-1959

Shaw Charles Lawrence 1886-1965

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Church Missionary Society.

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The Church Missionary Society was founded in 1799 by a small group of laymen and clergy of the Church of England. It was originally named the Society for Missions to Africa and the East. Its purpose was to enable the Church to send missionaries to Africa and other heathen areas. Henry M. Stanley, following his discovery of the missionary explorer, David Livingstone, was instrumental in opening the Uganda Mission. His famous letter, published in the Daily Telegraph in 1875, prompted a contributio...

Shaw Lily Compigne 1884-1954

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Canon Charles Shaw and his wife, Lilian Shaw

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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 (Cent...