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 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.[3]
References
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Lodge, Edmund (1838). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage (6th ed.). London: Saunder and Otley. p. 88.
- ^ a b Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. vol. II (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 805.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ a b 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.