Vincent Scully (MP)

Vincent Scully, QC MP, (8 January 1810 – 4 June 1871)[1][2] was an Irish Liberal and Whig politician.

For articles about persons with a similar name, see Vincent Scully (disambiguation).

Vincent Scully

QC MP
Member of Parliament
for Cork County
In office
10 May 1859 – 29 July 1865
Serving with Nicholas Leader (1861–1865)
Rickard Deasy (1859–1861)
Preceded byRickard Deasy
Alexander McCarthy
Succeeded byGeorge Richard Barry
Nicholas Leader
In office
22 March 1852 – 10 April 1857
Serving with Rickard Deasy (1855–1857)
Edmond Roche (1852–1855)
Preceded byEdmond Roche
Maurice Power
Succeeded byRickard Deasy
Alexander McCarthy
Personal details
Born8 January 1810
Dublin, Ireland
Died4 June 1871(1871-06-04) (aged 61)
NationalityIrish
Political partyLiberal
Other political
affiliations		Whig (until 1859)

He was first elected as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Cork County 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.[3] 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]

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
  2. O'Donoghue, David James (1897). "Scully, Denys" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 51. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Rickard Deasy
Alexander McCarthy		 Member of Parliament for Cork County
1859 – 1865
With: Nicholas Leader (1861–1865)
Rickard Deasy (1859–1861)		 Succeeded by
George Richard Barry
Nicholas Leader
Preceded by
Edmond Roche
Maurice Power		 Member of Parliament for Cork County
1852 – 1857
With: Rickard Deasy (1855–1857)
Edmond Roche (1852–1855)		 Succeeded by
Rickard Deasy
Alexander McCarthy


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