William Gully, 1st Viscount Selby

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William Gully, 1st Viscount Selby

William Court Gully, 1st Viscount Selby QC , PC (* 29. August 1835 , † 6. November 1909 ) was a British politician of the Liberal Party and Speaker of the House ( House of Commons ).

Family and career

The son of doctor James Manby Gully, a pioneer in the field of hydrotherapy , graduated from school to study law at Trinity College (Cambridge) , where he was temporarily also president of the debating club "Cambridge Union Society". After completing his studies, he was admitted to the bar in 1860, and in 1877 he switched to the office of judge.

Political career

Gully began his political career as an unsuccessful Liberal Party candidate in the general election of 1880 and 1883 in the Whitehaven constituency . In 1886 he was elected a Member of the British House of Commons. There he represented the Carlisle constituency until 1905 .

In April 1895 he was elected to succeed Arthur Wellesley Peel as Speaker of the House of Commons. He prevailed with a narrow majority of eleven votes against the candidate of the Unionist Party , Matthew Ridley , who, however, on June 21, 1895 was Home Secretary in the cabinet of the Marquess of Salisbury .

In 1905 he resigned from his position as speaker. His successor as Speaker of the House of Commons was his former First Deputy James William Lowther . According to an old tradition, he was raised to the hereditary nobility . He carried the title Viscount Selby (the maiden name of his wife) and belonged as such to the House of Lords .

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predecessor Office successor
New title created Viscount Selby
1905-1909 		James Gully
personal data
SURNAME Gully, William, 1st Viscount Selby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gully, William Court
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Liberal Party politician and Speaker of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1835
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1909