George Nares

Sir George Nares (1716–1786) was an English barrister, judge, and politician. Life Born at Hanwell, Middlesex, he was the younger son of George Nares of Albury, Oxfordshire, steward to the Earl of Abingdon; James Nares was his elder brother. He was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, was admitted a member of the Inner Temple on 19 October 1738, and was called to the bar on 12 June 1741. Nares practised in the criminal courts, and defended Elizabeth Canning, charged with perjury, in April 1754. He received the degree of the coif on 6 February 1759, and in the same year was appointed one of the king's serjeants. He was employed as one of the counsel for the crown in several of the cases arising out of the seizure in 1763 of issue No. 45 of The North Briton. At the general election in March 1768 he was returned to the House of Commons for , of which he was already recorder. He spoke in favour of Lord Barrington's motion for the expulsion of John Wilkes on 3 February 1769. Lord Apsley appointed Nares a justice of the court of common pleas, and he was sworn in on 26 January 1771; he was knighted on the following day. Nares took part in the hearing of Brass Crosby's case, Fabrigas v. Mostyn, and Sayre v. Earl of Rochford. After holding office for over 15 years, Nares died at Ramsgate on 20 July 1786, and was buried at Eversley, Hampshire, where there was a monument to his memory.