Rickard Deasy
Rickard Deasy PC (1812 – 6 May 1883) was an Irish lawyer and judge.
He was born at Phale Court,
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
Deasy Motor Car Company. Henry in turn was the father of the agricultural campaigner Rickard Deasy
.
Deasy was elected as
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
- Thomas Ulick Sadleirp. 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