Constituency : Cork County 1852 -7, 1859-65
Vincent was the other MP for Cork County standing as a Repeal and Liberal candidate largely due to his father's association with Daniel O'Connell. The Scullys were a landowning family and Vincent was a Cambridge-educated barrister. He was first elected in 1852 then unseated by another Repealer in 1857 before regaining the seat in 1859.
Vincent wrote a number of pamphlets on the Irish land question. His expertise did not prevent him being swindled by his cousin the infamous fraudster Joseph Sadlier who arranged the sale of a property to another Liberal MP Herbert Ingram. The two had to go to court to sort out the mess.
Vincent died in 1871 aged 60.
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