Vincent Scully (MP) explained

Vincent Scully
Office:Member of Parliament
for County Cork
Term Start:10 May 1859
Term End:29 July 1865
Predecessor:Rickard Deasy
Alexander McCarthy
Alongside:Nicholas Leader (1861–1865)
Rickard Deasy (1859–1861)
Successor:George Richard Barry
Nicholas Leader
Term Start2:22 March 1852
Term End2:10 April 1857
Predecessor2:Edmond Roche
Maurice Power
Alongside2:Rickard Deasy (1855–1857)
Edmond Roche (1852–1855)
Birth Date:8 January 1810
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Party:Liberal
Otherparty:Whig (until 1859)

Vincent Scully, (8 January 1810 – 4 June 1871), was an Irish Liberal and Whig politician.

He was first elected as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for County Cork at a by-election in 1852, and retained it in the general election later that year, but lost the seat at the following general election in 1857. He regained the seat in 1859 before losing it again in 1865.[1] While an MP during the former years, Scully produced a number of pamphlets on the Irish land question, including Free Trade in Land (published 1853). He also introduced the 'Transfer of Land Bill (Ireland)' to the House of Commons in 1853, which was "praised for its ingenuity".[2]

Scully was educated at Oscott College, where he was one of the editors of The Oscotian from 1826. He also attended Trinity College Dublin and Trinity College, Cambridge but did not graduate from either of the universities.[2]

In 1833, he was called to the Irish Bar, and in 1840 he became a Queen's Counsel.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127.
  2. Scully, Denys. O'Donoghue. David James. David James O'Donoghue. 51.