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Born Stanliand, Yorkshire, on 3 March 1888, the 2nd son of Thomas Edward Shaw, a manufacturer, of Halifax, Alexander was educated at Harrow School (1901-1906) before coming up to Corpus where he achieved a 2nd class degree in Jurisprudence in 1909. He was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1911 and served on the NE Circuit in Leeds, Bradford and the West Riding in 1911-1914 before enlisting in September 1914.