Francis Murphy (Irish politician)
Francis Stack Murphy SL (1810? – 1860) was an Irish lawyer, scholar and Member of Parliament.
Life
Born in Cork, Murphy was the son of the merchant Jeremiah Murphy and the nephew of John Murphy, Bishop of Cork. He was educated at Clongowes Wood College and Trinity College, Dublin; he graduated B.A. in 1829 and M.A. in 1832.
He was called to the bar on 25 January 1833 at Lincoln's Inn.[1] In 1834, he became connected with Fraser's Magazine as an occasional contributor, assisting 'Father Prout' in his famous 'Reliques.' He was an excellent classical scholar, and was responsible for some of Mahony's Greek and Latin verses. Mahony introduces him in his 'Prout Papers' as 'Frank Cresswell of Furnival's Inn.' [2]
In 1841, he ran for election as a Member of Parliament for Cork City, which he won and took office on 5 July. He was made a Serjeant-at-law in February 1842,[3] and resigned as MP in January 1846, before running for office again in 1851 after the resignation of William Trant Fagan. On 1 August 1853, he was made a Commissioner for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors.[4]
He died on 17 June 1860. [2]
References
- Attribution|
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: O'Donoghue, David James (1894). "Murphy, Francis Stack". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Francis Murphy
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Francis Bernard Beamish Daniel Callaghan |
Member of Parliament for Cork City 1841–1846 With: Daniel Callaghan |
Succeeded by Alexander McCarthy Daniel Callaghan |
| Preceded by William Trant Fagan James Charles Chatterton |
Member of Parliament for Cork City 1851–1853 With: James Charles Chatterton to 1852 William Trant Fagan from 1852 |
Succeeded by Francis Bernard Beamish William Trant Fagan |