LEFEVRE

Sir John George Shaw (2 son of Charles Shaw Lefevre, M.P. Reading, d. 1823). b. Bedford sq. London 24 Jany. 1797; ed. Eton and Trin. coll. Camb., fellow 1819; sen. wrangler and B.A. 1818, M.A. 1821; F.R.S. 16 Nov. 1820; barrister I.T. 11 Feb. 1825, bencher 21 Nov. 1854 to death, reader 1868; M.P. Peters field 1832–4; under sec. of state for colonies 1833–4; poor law commi ioner 18 Aug. 1834 to 1 Dec. 1841; joint a ist. sec. to board of trade 19 June 1841 to 14 May 1848; second church estate commi ioner 24 Aug. 1850; deputy clerk of the parliaments 4 April 1848 and clerk 6 April 1856, resigned March 1875 when he retired on pension of £2,500; C.B. 27 April 1848, K.C.B. 22 Jany. 1857; an ecclesiastical comr. 20 Nov. 1847; a founder of the univ. of London 1836 and V.C. 1842–62; hon. D.C.L. Oxf. 1858; hon. LLD. Dublin 1860; civil service comr., resigned 1862; one of founders of Athenæum club 1823; he knew all the European languages and Hebrew. d. Cliftonville near Brighton 20 Aug. 1879. Proc. of Royal Soc. xxix 15–18 (1879); Graphic , xi 291, 292 (1875), portrait ; I.L.N. ii 93 (1843), portrait .