Political and Business Interests
Having bought Ackworth Park near Pontefract, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for the Pontefract constituency from December 1832 to July 1837.
In 1862 he purchased the Wingate Grange estate and collieries. A street in Wingate, County Durham is named after him.
Gully died at Durham on 9 March 1863. His body was returned to Ackworth where he was interred with his daughter.
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