St George Daly was an Irish lawyer.

He was a son of James Daly

James Daly (died 1769)

James Daly was an Irish Member of Parliament.In 1741 he was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Athenry, and then in 1768 for the borough of Galway....

 MP, of Carrownakelly and Dunsandle, by his second wife Catherine, daughter of Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet

Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet

Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet was a Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.The Gore Baronetcy, of Magherabegg in the County of Donegal, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 2 February 1622 for Paul Gore .The fourth Baronet served as Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer and as Speaker...

. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin

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 and called to the Irish Bar in 1783.

In January 1798 he was elected to the Irish House of Commons

Irish House of Commons

The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...

 as one of the two Members of Parliament for the pocket borough of Galway

Galway Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Galway Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.-History:In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Galway Borough was represented with two members.-1689–1801:...

. When the Irish House of Commons was abolished by the Act of Union 1800

Act of Union 1800

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, Galway's representation was reduced to one. The other MP, George Ponsonby

George Ponsonby

George Ponsonby PC , was a British lawyer and Whig politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents.-Background and education:...

, resigned, leaving Daly as the sole MP.
He was appointed to the Irish Privy Council on 16 December 1800. He was the first MP for Galway Borough

Galway Borough (UK Parliament constituency)

Galway Borough was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland. It returned one MP 1801–1832, two MPs 1832–1885 and one thereafter. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.-Boundaries:This...

 in the new House of Commons of the United Kingdom but vacated his seat on 21 February 1801 on appointment as a Baron of the Court of Exchequer; John Brabazon Ponsonby was elected to succeed him on 10 March. On 3 November 1803 he transferred from the Court of Exchequer to the Court of King's Bench, serving until his resignation in 1822.

He lived at Eyrecourt

Eyrecourt

Eyrecourt, historically known as Donanaghta , is a village in County Galway, Ireland. Eyrecourt is on the R356 regional road 12 km west of the Banagher bridge over the River Shannon.-History:...

 in County Galway

County Galway

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. In 1803 he married his cousin Louisa, daughter of Richard Gore of Sandymount, County Wicklow.