Bearers of the Shaw name stem from two quite separate and distinct sources, but all share a common heritage in the significant role they have played in Scotland's colourful saga.
• In the Highlands, they were loyal defenders of the cause of the Royal House of Stuart through all its misfortunes, while it was a Lowland Shaw who became a prime architect of the mysterious worldwide movement known as Freemasonry.
• In more contemporary times and on the stage, Robert Shaw, born in Lancashire in 1927, was the writer and film actor whose films include From Russia with Love, The Sting, A Man for all Seasons and Jaws.
