Ernest Soares
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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.
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Sir William 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 with Oswald Partington 1910–1911 John Gulland 1910–1911 William Wedgwood Benn 1910–1911 Percy Illingworth 1910–1911 William Jones 1911 1910–1911 |
Succeeded by John Gulland William Wedgwood Benn Percy Illingworth William Jones Frederick Edward Guest |
