Rickard Deasy
Rickard Deasy PC (1812 – 6 May 1883) was an Irish lawyer and judge.
He was born at Phale Court, Enniskean, County Cork, the second son of Rickard Deasy, a wealthy brewer, and his wife Mary Anne Caller. He was educated at the Trinity College Dublin,[1] where he graduated with a Doctorate of Law. He was called to the Irish Bar, and became Queen's Counsel. He practised mainly on the Munster Circuit, and quickly became one of its leaders.
He married Monica O'Connor, youngest daughter of Hugh O'Connor of Dublin, and had three children, of whom two died young. His only surviving son was Henry Hugh Peter Deasy (1866-1947), the soldier and writer, author of In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan, and founder of the Deasy Motor Car Company. Henry in turn was the father of the agricultural campaigner Rickard Deasy.
Deasy was elected as Member of Parliament for County Cork on 23 April 1855 in a by-election following Edmond Roche's elevation to the peerage.[2] He was appointed Third Serjeant-at-law in 1858, then Solicitor-General for Ireland in 1859 and then Attorney-General for Ireland in 1860, being also appointed to the Irish Privy Council (on 21 February).[3] On the death of Richard Wilson Greene in 1861 Deasy was raised to the bench as a Baron of the Exchequer. He was appointed to the Irish Court of Appeal in 1878, and served on that court until his death in 1883. He was buried in the family vault in Deans Grange Cemetery, beside his wife, who had died a few weeks earlier.
He was a fine lawyer, especially in the field of equity: as a barrister, he was noted for identifying himself fully with his clients' interests. He was also an effective Parliamentarian, concise and professional in his dispatch of Government business. His name is permanently associated with the Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment (Ireland) Act 1860, universally known as Deasy's Act, which as Attorney General he steered through Parliament.
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References
- ^ "Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p. 219: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
- ^ leighrayment.com Privy Council of Ireland[usurped]
- ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. F". National Library of Ireland. p. 182. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- F. Elrington Ball, The Judges in Ireland 1221–1921, John Murray, London 1926
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Rickard Deasy
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Preceded by Edmond Roche Vincent Scully | Member of Parliament for County Cork 1855–1861 With: Vincent Scully 1855–1857 Alexander McCarthy 1857–1859 Vincent Scully 1859–1861 | Succeeded by Vincent Scully Nicholas Leader |
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Preceded by John George | Solicitor-General for Ireland 1859–1860 | Succeeded by |
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