Christopher Nyholm Shawcross, QC (20 June 1905 – 18 August 1973) was a British lawyer and Labour politician.

[2] With the outbreak of the Second World War, Shawcross joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, where he reached the rank of Commander.

[2][4][5] he retired from the Bar in 1961, but returned to practice in the South Eastern Circuit in 1969.

His 1931 marriage to Doreen Burrows was dissolved in 1949, and he married Maridel Chance in the same year and they had two children.

[6][2] He was the younger brother of Hartley Shawcross, also a distinguished lawyer and Labour politician.