Ernest Soares

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Ernest Soares

Sir Ernest Joseph Soares (20 October 1864 – 15 March 1926), was a British solicitor and Liberal politician.

Soares was the son of José Luís Xavier Soares, a Liverpool merchant of Indian (Goan) origin. Prior to conversion, the family were Gaud Saraswat Brahmins with the surname Gaitonde. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he read law. He was a partner in Allen, Prestage and Soares, solicitors, of Manchester. In 1900 he was elected to the House of Commons for Barnstaple and served in the Liberal admninistration of H. H. Asquith as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1910 to 1911. The latter year failing health forced him to resign this post and his seat in the House of Commons. He was knighted the same year.

Soares married Kate, daughter of Samuel Lord, of Sale. He died in Mayfair in March 1926, aged 61.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• Biography of Sir Ernest Soares at The Luso Pages
• Profiles of Eminent Goans, Past and Present; Clement J Vaz; published 1997; pg 262.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ernest Soares

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir William Cameron Gull	Member of Parliament for Barnstaple 1900 – 1911	Succeeded by Sir Godfrey Baring
Political offices
Preceded by John Henry Whitley Oswald Partington John Gulland	Junior Lord of the Treasury 1910–1911 With: Oswald Partington 1910–1911 John Gulland 1910–1911 William Wedgwood Benn 1910–1911 Percy Illingworth 1910–1911 William Jones 1911	Succeeded by John Gulland William Wedgwood Benn Percy Illingworth William Jones Frederick Edward Guest