Fitzroy Kelly
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Sir Fitzroy Edward Kelly PC (9 October 1796 – 18 September 1880) was an English commercial lawyer of remarkable and precocious talent, a politician and a judge.
Kelly was born in London, the son of Robert Hawke Kelly (died in or before 1807), a captain in the Royal Navy, and novellist Isabella Kelly née Fordyce. In 1824 he was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn, having already gained a reputation as a skilled special pleader. In 1834 he was made a King's Counsel, remarkably after only 10 years' call. A strong Tory, he was returned as member of parliament for Ipswich in 1835, but was unseated on petition. In 1837 however he again became member for that town.[1]
From 1843 to 1847 he was MP for Cambridge, and in 1852 was elected member for Harwich, but a vacancy suddenly occurring in East Suffolk, he preferred to contest that seat and was elected. He was solicitor-general in 1845 (when he was knighted), and again from February to December 1852, during which time he was junior to Attorney-General Sir Frederic Thesiger in the prosecution of John Henry Newman for libel, the Achilli trial. In 1858–1859 he was Attorney General in Lord Derby's second administration. In 1866 he was raised to the bench as Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer and made a member of the Privy Council. He died at Brighton on 18 September 1880.[1]
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Allen, C. J. W. (2004) "Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Edward (1796–1880)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, accessed 25 July 2007 (subscription required)
- Foss, E. [1848–64] (2006). A Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England: From the Conquest to the Present Time 1066-1870. ISBN 1428629599.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by James Morrison and Rigby Wason |
Member of Parliament for Ipswich with Robert Adam Dundas 1835 |
Succeeded by James Morrison and Rigby Wason |
| Preceded by Thomas Milner Gibson and Henry Tufnell |
Member of Parliament for Ipswich with Thomas Milner Gibson, to 1839; Thomas John Cochrane, from 1839 1838–1841 |
Succeeded by George Rennie and Rigby Wason |
| Preceded by Alexander Cray Grant and John Manners-Sutton |
Member of Parliament for Cambridge with John Manners-Sutton 1843–1847 |
Succeeded by Robert Alexander Shafto Adair and William Campbell |
| Preceded by Robert Wigram Crawford and John Bagshaw |
Member of Parliament for Harwich with John Bagshaw 1852 |
Succeeded by Isaac Butt and John Bagshaw |
| Preceded by Frederick Thellusson and Sir Edward Gooch |
Member of Parliament for East Suffolk with Sir Edward Gooch, to 1852; John Henniker-Major, 1852–1866 1852–1866 |
Succeeded by John Henniker-Major and Sir Edward Kerrison |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Frederic Thesiger |
Solicitor General for England and Wales 1846–1846 |
Succeeded by Sir John Jervis |
| Preceded by Sir William Wood |
Solicitor General for England and Wales 1852 |
Succeeded by Sir Richard Bethell |
| Preceded by Sir Richard Bethell |
Attorney General for England and Wales 1858–1859 |
Succeeded by Sir Richard Bethell |
