Manuel Earnshaw

{{Short description|Resident Commissioner of the Philippines from 1913 to 1917}}

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| honorific_prefix = The Honourable

| name = Manuel Earnshaw

| image = ManuelEarnshaw.jpg

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| office = Resident Commissioner to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Philippine Islands

| term_start = March 4, 1913

| term_end = March 3, 1917

| predecessor = Benito Legarda

| successor = Jaime C. de Veyra

| alongside = Manuel L. Quezon (1913–1917)

| birth_name = Manuel Noguera Earnshaw

| birth_date = {{birth date|1862|11|19|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Cavite, Captaincy General of the Philippines

| death_date = {{death date and age|1936|2|13|1862|11|19|mf=y}}

| death_place = Manila, Philippine Commonwealth

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| spouse = Dona María Ubaldo

| relations = Tomás Earnshaw (brother)

| children = Ralph Earnshaw

| alma_mater = Ateneo Municipal de Manila
Escuela Nautica de Manila

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Manuel Noguera Earnshaw (November 19, 1862 – February 13, 1936) was a Resident Commissioner of the Philippines from 1913 to 1917.

Early life and education

Earnshaw was born in Cavite, in then Captaincy General of the Philippines, on November 19, 1862, the oldest of three sons of British engineer Daniel Earnshaw and Spanish-Filipina mother Gavina Noguera, his younger brothers were Tomás and Daniel, He attended the Ateneo Municipal de Manila and Escuela Nautica de Manila.{{cite web|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc226/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc226-2-2-6.pdf|title=Manuel Earnshaw 1862–1936|publisher=United States Government}}

Early career

He became engaged in engineering and in the drydocking business in 1884. He was the founder, president, and general manager of the Earnshaw Slipways & Engineering Co.

Resident Commissioner

Earnshaw was elected, as an Independent candidate, as Resident Commissioner from the Philippines and served from March 4, 1913, to March 3, 1917. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1916. He discontinued his former business pursuits in 1921 and lived in retirement in Cavite.

Death

Earnshaw died in Manila, in then Commonwealth of the Philippines, February 13, 1936, and was buried in Manila North Cemetery. M. Earnshaw Street in Sampaloc, Manila, is named for him, whereas T. Earnshaw Street in Tondo is named for Tomás Earnshaw, a Manila mayor.

The remains of Manuel Earnshaw have been transferred to San Agustin Church in Manila.