SHAW, JOHN (1813-94) was born at Glenshee, in Perthshire. He studied for the bar at Glasgow University, but relinquished law for farming and in 1838 bought New Barns in Forfarshire, which he farmed for 14 years. In 1852 he came to Otago in the Maori with his sister, and took up a farm of 50 acres at Clutha. He devoted his attention to sheep-breeding and increased the area of his Finnegand estate to 2,000 acres. Shaw was a member of the Clutha river board and school committee and an elder of the Presbyterian Church. He represented the Southern district in the Provincial Council (1855-59). His death occurred on 18 May 1894.

Otago P.C. Proc.; Cycl. NZ, iv; Otago Daily Times, 12 Jun 1894.

Reference: Volume 2, page 150

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