William Handcock (c. 1631 – c. 1 July 1707) was an Irish politician.
Life Originally from Lancashire, son of Christopher Handcock and Mary Browne, Handcock entered the Irish House of Commons in 1661, holding his seat for County Westmeath until 1666. He was then appointed to the Council of the Lord President of Connaught and in 1680, he received a grant to erect a manor in Twyford, County Westmeath. Handcock represented Athlone in the Commons from 1692 until 1699 and sat in the following parliament again for Westmeath from 1703 until his death in 1707.
Personal life On 25 July 1652, he married Abigail Stanley, daughter of Rev. Thomas Stanley, according to her memorial.P. D. Vigors, J. P. M. Ffrench, ed., Journal of The Association for the Preservation of Memorials of the Dead in Ireland(Dublin, Peter Rowe, 1895) page 229 Internet Archive (accessed 18 June 2026). They had eight children. His sons William and Thomas sat also in the Parliament of Ireland.Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. pp. 805–806. HathiTrust Two other sons, Matthew and Stephen, were senior Church of Ireland clergymen. One of their daughters Hannah married the leading politician and judge Robert Rochfort: their descendants held the title Earl of Belvedere. Her sister Sarah married Captain Chichester Phillips of Drumcondra Castle, MP for Askeaton. A third daughter Elizabeth married Duke Gifford of Castlejordan, County Meath. Duke was the heir, of Sir Thomas Gifford, first and last of the Gifford baronets.
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