JOHN GULLY (1783-1863)
, English sportsman and politician, was born at Wick, near Bath, on the 21st of August 1783, the son of an innkeeper
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He came into prominence as a boxer, and in r8o5 he was matched against See also: - HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Pearce, the " Game Chicken," before the duke of Clarence (afterwards See also: - WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William IV.) and numerous other spectators, and after fighting sixty-four rounds, which occupied an hour and seventeen minutes, was beaten
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In 1807 he twice fought Bob Gregson, the Lancashire giant, for two hundred guineas a side, winning on both occasions
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As the landlord of the "Plough " tavern in Carey Street, London, he retired from the ring in 18o8, and took to horse-racing
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In 1827 he lost !40,000 by backing his horse " Mameluke " (for which he had paid four thousand guineas) for the St Leger
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In partnership with Robert Ridskale, in 1832, he made £85,000 by winning the Derby and St Leger with " St Giles " and " Margrave
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" In partnership with John Day he won the Two Thousand Guineas with " Ugly Buck " in 1844, and two years later he took the Derby and the Oaks with " Pyrrhus the First " and " Mendicant," in 18J4 the Two Thousand Guineas with " Hermit," and in the same year, in partnership with Henry Padwick, the Derby with " Andover." Having bought Ackworth Park near Pontefract he was M.P. from December 1832 to July 1837
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In 1862 he purchased the Wingate Grange estate and collieries
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Gully was twice married and had twelve children by each wife
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He died at Durham on the 9th of March 1863, He appears to have been no relation of the subsequent Speaker, Lord Selby
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