Robert Handcock (15 April 1728 – 24 November 1758) was an Irish politician.
He was the only son of Gustavus Handcock and his wife Elizabeth Temple, daughter of Robert Temple. 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.
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.
References
- ^ Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 805.
- ^ 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 byGeorge St George Gustavus Handcock |
Member of Parliament for Athlone 1751–1758 With: George St George |
Succeeded byGeorge St George William Handcock |
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