William Handcock (1654–1701)

Sir William Handcock (11 September 1654 – September 1701)[1] was an Irish politician and judge.

Born in County Westmeath, he was the second son of William Handcock and his wife Abigail, daughter of Sir Thomas Stanley and Mary Hammond, and sister of Thomas Stanley.[2] His older brother was Thomas Handcock.[3] He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[4]

Handcock entered the Irish House of Commons in 1692, representing Boyle until the following year.[1] He sat for Dublin City from 1695 until 1699.[1] Handcock was appointed Recorder of Dublin in 1695, a post he held until his death in 1701.[4]

On 31 May 1685, he married Elizabeth Coddington, daughter of Nicholas Coddington and Elizabeth Dixie. They had at least three children, John, the only son and heir, Anne, who married Patrick Wemyss MP, and Abigail, who married Edward Griffith, and was the ancestor of Sir Richard Griffith, 1st Baronet.[3]

References

  1. Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2006). MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800. Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 94. ISBN 1-903688-60-4.
  2. Lodge, Edmund (1838). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage (6th ed.). London: Saunder and Otley. pp. 88.
  3. Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. vol. II (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 805.
  4. Hill, Jacqueline R. (1997). From Patriots to Unionists: Dublin Civic Politics and Irish Protestant Patriotism, 1660-1840. Oxford University Press. p. 392. ISBN 0-19-820635-6.
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Patriot Parliament
Member of Parliament for Boyle
1692–1693
With: Stephen Ludlow
Succeeded by
Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Bt
John King
Preceded by
Thomas Coote
Sir Michael Mitchell
Member of Parliament for Dublin City
1695–1699
With: Sir John Rogerson
Succeeded by
John Forster
Benjamin Burton
Legal offices
Preceded by
Nehemiah Donnellan
Recorder of Dublin
1695–1701
Succeeded by
John Forster
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