Francis Stack Murphy

Francis Stack Murphy SL (1810? – 16 June 1860) was an Irish lawyer, scholar and Member of Parliament.

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 was called to the bar on 25 January 1833 at Lincoln's Inn [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nf4uAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA304&lpg=PA304&dq=%22Francis+Stack+Murphy%22&source=web&ots=vse_cUxAJ7&sig=RBBS5BebkFOYvm6FcFhKtJLpuC8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result The Legal Observer, Or, Journal of Jurisprudence at Google Books] ] . 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 [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GyQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA251&lpg=RA1-PA251&dq=%22Francis+Stack+Murphy%22&source=web&ots=Xv__DaUoK4&sig=Isx9Qe1bE7IWyrZP2d6sTd3h8L8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result Beatson's Political index modernised (Google Books)] ] , 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 [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=geI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA688&lpg=PA688&dq=%22Francis+Stack+Murphy%22&source=web&ots=7yOPRcxZtA&sig=FSSFlhLprLUo2ltS8yWKflpJ9GI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result Bulletins and Other State Intelligence] ] .

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