Manuel Earnshaw

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

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.

He was the founder, president, and general manager of the Earnshaw Slipways & Engineering Co. Earnshaw was elected, as an Independent candidate, as Resident Commissioner from the Philippines and served from March 4, 1913, to March 3, 1917.

He discontinued his former business pursuits in 1921 and lived in retirement in Cavite.

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