GULLY, JOHN (1783-1863), English boxer and politician, was born at Wick, near Bath, on Aug. 21, 1783, the son of an inn keeper. In 1805 he was matched against Henry Pearce, the "Game Chicken," before the duke of Clarence (afterwards William IV.), and was beaten after fighting 64 rounds, which occupied an hour and seventeen minutes. In 1807 he twice fought Bob Gregson, the Lancashire giant, for 200 guineas a side, winning on both occasions. As the landlord of the "Plough" tavern in Carey Street, London, he retired from the ring in 1808, and took to horse-racing. In 1827 he lost £4o,000 by backing his horse "Mameluke" (for which he had paid 4,000 guineas) for the St. Leger. In partnership with Robert Ridskale, in 1832, he made £85,000 by winning the Derby and St. Leger with "St. Giles" and "Margrave." In partnership with John Day he won the Two Thousand Guineas with "Ugly Buck" in 1844, and two years later he took the Derby and the Oaks with "Pyrrhus the First" and "Mendicant," in 1854 the Two Thousand Guineas with "Hermit," and in the same year, in partnership with Henry Padwick, the Derby with "Andover." He bought Ackworth Park, near Pontefract, and was M. P. from Dec. 1832 to July 1837. In 1862 he purchased the Wingate Grange estate and collieries. Gully died on March 9, 1863.