Manasseh Dawes (died 1829) was an English barrister and miscellaneous writer.
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Dawes was a barrister of the Inner Temple. He left the bar and lived quietly at Clifford's Inn for the last thirty-six years of his life. He died 2 April 1829.[1]
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