Viscount Selby, of the City of Carlisle, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1905 for the Liberal

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 politician Sir William Gully upon his retirement as Speaker of the House of Commons

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. He was the son of the physician James Manby Gully

James Manby Gully

Dr James Manby Gully , was a Victorian medical doctor, well known for practising hydrotherapy, or the "water cure". Along with his partner James Wilson, he founded a very successful "hydropathy" clinic in Malvern, Worcestershire, which had many notable Victorians, including such figures as Charles...

. The title of the viscountcy derived from the maiden name of Gully's wife, Elizabeth Selby, daughter of Thomas Selby. the title is held by the first Viscount's great-great-great-grandson, the sixth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 2001.

Viscounts Selby (1905)

• William Court Gully, 1st Viscount Selby (1835–1909)
• James William Herschell Gully, 2nd Viscount Selby (1867–1923)
• Thomas Sutton Evelyn Gully, 3rd Viscount Selby (1911–1959)
• Michael Guy John Gully, 4th Viscount Selby (1942–1997)
• Edward Thomas William Gully, 5th Viscount Selby (1967–2001)
• Christopher Rolf Thomas Gully, 6th Viscount Selby (b. 1993)

The heir presumptive

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is the present holder's great-uncle the Hon. James Edward Hugh Grey Gully (b. 1945)