Background
Vincent was born into an Anglo-Irish family based in Summerhill House in Clonlara, County Clare. Vincent was born in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, India, where his father commanded the 3rd The King"s Own Hussars.
Vincent was born into an Anglo-Irish family based in Summerhill House in Clonlara, County Clare. Vincent was born in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, India, where his father commanded the 3rd The King"s Own Hussars.
Vincent was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, College de France, Paris and at Trinity College, Dublin. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and qualified as Barrister-at-Law with King"s Inn, Dublin.
He also served as a judge of various British colonial and extraterritorial courts. He left there by the time he was three and never went back to India. In 1903, Vincent joined the Foreign Office Judicial service.
In that year, he was appointed Magistrate in Kisumu, British East Africa.
In 1905, he appointed Second Assistant Judge in Zanzibar. With effect from April 1906, he was appointed Assistant Judge for the British Court for Siam in Bangkok.
In 1908, he was appointed Acting Assistant Judge of the British Supreme Court for China and Corea in Shanghai while the Judge of the Court Havilland de Sausmarez was on sick leave. He served in that position for one year.
He returned to Zanzibar as Acting Assistant Judge briefly from October 1909 to January 1910, when he resigned from Foreign Office service.
In 1919, Vincent, who was then serving as the Chicago Representative of the Ministry of Information, was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was elected at a by-election on 28 May 1931 taking the seat vacated by the death of Patrick West. Kenny. He was re-elected in 1931 for 9 years.
He resigned on 21 February 1934 due to reasons of ill-health.
Patrick Lynch was elected at a by-election to replace him. lieutenant now forms part of Killarney National Park.
In 1937 he left Ireland for Monaco, where he lived for most of the rest of his life. Only during World World War II did he come back to Ireland.
He is buried in the Killegy graveyard near Muckross House.
Vincent was an independent member of Seanad Éireann from 1931 to 1934.