William Handcock was an Irish politician.

He was the eldest son of Thomas Handcock

Thomas Handcock

Thomas Handcock was an Irish politician.He was the eldest son of William Handcock and his wife Abigail, daughter of Sir Thomas Stanley and sister of Thomas Stanley. His younger brother was Sir William Handcock...

 and his wife Dorothy Green. Handcock entered the Irish House of Commons

Irish House of Commons

The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...

 in 1703, representing Athlone

Athlone (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Athlone was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote...

 until 1714. He sat for Dublin City

Dublin City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Dublin City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.-History:In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Dublin City was represented with two members. In the 1760s the radical politician Charles Lucas used the seat as his political base.-1689–1801:...

 from 1721 until his death two years later.

He married Sarah Warburton, daughter of Richard Warburton and had by her six sons and four daughters. His oldest son William

William Handcock (1704–1741)

William Handcock was an Irish politician.He was the oldest son of William Handcock and his wife Susan Warburton, daughter of Richard Warburton. His younger brother was John Gustavus Handcock and his cousins were William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine and Richard Handcock, 2nd Baron Castlemaine...

 and his sixth son John Gustavus Handcock

John Gustavus Handcock

John Gustavus Handcock was an Irish politician.He was the sixth son of William Handcock and his wife Susan Warburton, daughter of Richard Warburton. His older brother was William Handcock and his cousins were William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine and Richard Handcock, 2nd Baron Castlemaine...

 both were also members of the Parliament of Ireland

Parliament of Ireland

The Parliament of Ireland was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800. In its early mediaeval period during the Lordship of Ireland it consisted of either two or three chambers: the House of Commons, elected by a very restricted suffrage, the House of Lords in which the lords...

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