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Henry Handcock

Henry Handcock

Irish politician


Henry Handcock (2 August 1834 – 1 December 1858)[1][2] was an Irish Conservative politician.

Quick Facts Member of Parliament for Athlone, Preceded by ...

The youngest son of Richard Hancock and Margaret née Harris, Handcock was at some point a captain in the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot.[1]

Handcock was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Athlone at a by-election in 1856—caused by the appointment of the sitting MP, William Keogh, as a judge of the Court of Common Pleas—but lost the seat less than a year later at the 1857 general election, when he was beaten by the Independent Irish Party candidate, John Ennis.[3]

Handcock died little under a year later while hunting tigers in India.[2] A report on his death, published by The Morning Chronicle, described the incident, where "the enraged animal" caused such injuries that he died within an hour, as the "most melancholy circumstances".[1]


References

  1. Rayment, Leigh (31 August 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "A"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Lundy, Darryl (29 August 2018). "Hon. Henry Handcock". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 251. ISBN 0901714127.
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