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See also:GULLY, See also:JOHN (1783-1863) , See also:English sportsman and politician, was See also:born at See also:Wick, near See also:Bath, on the 21st of See also:August 1783, the son of an innkeeper. He came into prominence as a boxer, and in r8o5 he was matched against See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- 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, 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 See also:Pearce, the " See also:Game Chicken," before the See also:duke of See also: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 See also:hour and seventeen minutes, was beaten. In 1807 he twice fought Bob Gregson, the See also:Lancashire See also:giant, for two See also:hundred guineas a See also:side, winning on both occasions. As the landlord of the "Plough " See also:tavern in See also:Carey See also:Street, See also:London, he retired from the See also:ring in 18o8, and took to See also:horse-racing. In 1827 he lost !40,000 by backing his horse " See also:Mameluke " (for which he had paid four thousand guineas) for the St Leger. In See also:partnership with See also:Robert Ridskale, in 1832, he made £85,000 by winning the See also:Derby and St Leger with " St See also:Giles " and " See also:Margrave. " In partnership with John See also:Day he won the Two Thousand Guineas with " Ugly See also:Buck " in 1844, and two years later he took the Derby and the Oaks with " See also:Pyrrhus the First " and " Mendicant," in 18J4 the Two Thousand Guineas with "See also:Hermit," and in the same See also:year, in partnership with Henry Padwick, the Derby with " See also:Andover." Having bought Ackworth See also:Park near See also:Pontefract he was M.P. from See also:December 1832 to See also:July 1837. In 1862 he See also:purchased the See also:Wingate See also:Grange See also:estate and collieries. Gully was twice married and had twelve See also:children by each wife. He died at See also:Durham on the 9th of See also:March 1863, He appears to have been no relation of the subsequent See also:Speaker, See also:Lord See also:Selby.
End of Article: GULLY, JOHN (1783-1863)
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