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KELLY, SIR FITZROY (1796–1880)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 720 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KELLY, See also:SIR See also:FITZROY (1796–1880) , See also:English See also:judge, was See also:born in See also:London in See also:October 1796, the son of a See also:captain in the Royal See also:Navy. In 1824 he was called to the See also:bar, where he gained a reputation as a skilled pleader. In 1834 he was made a See also:king's counsel. A strong Tory, he was returned as member of See also:parliament for See also:Ipswich in 1835, but was unseated on See also:petition. In 1837 however he again became member for that See also:town. In 1843 he sat for See also:Cambridge, and in 1852 was elected member for See also:Harwich, but, a vacancy suddenly occurring in See also:East See also:Suffolk, he preferred to contest that seat and was elected. He was See also:solicitor-See also:general in 1845 (when he was knighted), and again in 1852. In 1858–1859 he was See also:attorney-general in See also:Lord See also:Derby's second See also:administration. In 1866 he was raised to the See also:bench as See also:chief See also:baron of the See also:exchequer and made a member of the Privy See also:Council. He died at See also:Brighton on the 18th of See also:September 1880. See E. See also:Foss, Lives of the See also:Judges (187o).

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