Gustavus Handcock

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gustavus Handcock (13 August 1693 – 4 September 1751)^[1] was an Irish politician.

He was the son of Stephen Handcock, fourth son of William Handcock.^[2] Handcock entered the Irish House of Commons in 1723, holding his seat for Athlone until 1727.^[1] He represented the constituency again from 1732 until his death in 1751.^[1]

In July 1725, he married Elizabeth Temple, daughter of Robert Temple.^[2] Their only child Robert sat also in the Parliament of Ireland.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. vol. II (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 805.

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by William Jones Henry St George	Member of Parliament for Athlone 1723–1727 With: Henry St George 1723 George St George 1723–1727	Succeeded by George St George Peter Holmes
Preceded by George St George Peter Holmes	Member of Parliament for Athlone 1732–1751 With: George St George	Succeeded by George St George Robert Handcock

Persondata
Name	Handcock, Gustavus
Alternative names
Short description	Irish politician
Date of birth	13 August 1693
Place of birth
Date of death	4 September 1751
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.