to the first post-Reform Parliament. In 1862 he purchased the Wingate Grange estate and collieries. A street in Wingate, County Durham is named after him. Gully died in Durham on 9 March 1863 aged 79. His body was returned to Ackworth where he was interred with his daughter. Family Gully was twice married and had twelve children by each wife. His daughter Mary married Thomas Pedley. Their son was the engineer and cricketer William Pedley. John Gully in fiction Gully is a real-life character in Royal Flash, one of George MacDonald Fraser's The Flashman Papers series of books. He was played by Henry Cooper in the 1975 film version. References External links 1783 births 1863 deaths Bare-knuckle boxers English male boxers British racehorse owners and breeders Owners of Epsom Derby winners Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 People imprisoned for debt