Ernest Soares

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.[1] He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he read law.[2] 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, Cheshire. He died in Mayfair, London, in March 1926, aged 61.

References

  1. Vaz, J. Clement (1997). Profiles of Eminent Goans, Past and Present. Concept Publishing Company. p. 262.
  2. "Soares,Ernest Joseph (SRS881EJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir William Cameron Gull
Member of Parliament for Barnstaple
19001911
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
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