Robert Handcock
For the rugby player, see Robert Handcock (rugby union).
Robert Handcock (15 April 1728[1] – 24 November 1758[2]) was an Irish politician.
He was the only son of Gustavus Handcock and his wife Elizabeth Temple, daughter of Robert Temple.[1] Handcock entered the Irish House of Commons in 1751, sitting for Athlone, the same constituency his father had represented before, until his death in 1758.[2]
On 4 July 1751, he married Elizabeth Vesey, oldest daughter of John Vesey, 1st Baron Knapton and sister of Thomas Vesey, 1st Viscount de Vesci, and had by her an only son.[3]
References
- 1 2 Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. vol. II (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 805.
- 1 2 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, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall, ed. The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. vol. VI. Dublin: James Moore. p. 35.
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| Preceded by George St George Gustavus Handcock |
Member of Parliament for Athlone 1751–1758 With: George St George |
Succeeded by George St George William Handcock |
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