John Handcock (Philipstown MP)

John Handcock (1755 – October 1786)[1] was an Irish politician and soldier.

For other people named John Handcock, see John Handcock (disambiguation).

He was a descendant of Eliah Handcock, second son of Thomas Handcock and his wife Doroth Green.[2] Handcock was a captain in the artillery and major of Charles Fort.[3] He served later as lieutenant-governor of Kinsale.[2] In 1776, he entered the Irish House of Commons.[1]

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. Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. I (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 805.
  3. Sayles, George Osborne (1982). Scripta Diversa. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 178. ISBN 0-907628-12-5.


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