NARES, George (1716-86), of Reading, Berks.

In 1768 Nares successfully contested Oxford on the interest of the Duke of Marlborough. He voted with Administration over the expulsion of Wilkes and the Middlesex election, 3 Feb., 15 Apr., and 8 May 1769. Two speeches by him are reported: on 31 Jan. 1769 he criticized Serjeant Glynn’s interpretation of the law on the Wilkes case; and on 3 Feb. he pressed for the expulsion of Wilkes, declaring that ‘when the Christian religion is attacked in that manner, every man is bound to defend it’.Cavendish’s ‘Debates’, Egerton 216, f. 233; 217, ff. 140-1. Nares vacated his seat on becoming a judge.

He died 20 July 1786.