John Shaw Lefevre

Sir John George Shaw Lefevre KCB (24 January 1797 – 20 August 1879) was a British barrister, Whig politician and civil servant.

He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was Senior Wrangler in 1818, and was called to the Bar, Inner Temple.

He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1857 for his public services.

Shaw Lefevre married Rachel Emily, daughter of Ichabod Wright, in 1824.

They had one surviving son, George, who became a prominent politician and was ennobled as Baron Eversley, and five daughters.