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 Portuguese or Brazilian origin, and 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 March 1926, aged 61.

References

* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
* [http://www.luso.u-net.com/manchest.htm Biography of Sir Ernest Soares at The Luso Pages]