Henry Handcock

Not to be confused with Henry Hancock.

Henry Handcock
Member of Parliament
for Athlone
In office
14 April 1856 – 2 April 1857
Preceded byWilliam Keogh
Succeeded byJohn Ennis
Personal details
Born2 August 1834
Died1 December 1858(1858-12-01) (aged 24)
India
Cause of deathAnimal attack
NationalityIrish
Political partyConservative
Parent(s)Richard Handcock, 3rd Baron Castlemaine
Margaret Harris

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

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. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ a b 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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