Manasseh Dawes (died 1829) was an English barrister and miscellaneous writer.
He left the bar and lived quietly at Clifford's Inn for the last thirty-six years of his life.
[1] Dawes took the Whig side on the American War of Independence, and the law of libel; but defended William Blackstone against Jeremy Bentham, had doubts as to abolishing tests, and held that philosophical truth was beyond reach.
His major works were:[1] Dawes also edited (1784) a posthumous poem by John Stuckey on 'The Vanity of all Human Knowledge,' with a dedication to Priestley.
[1] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed.