Sir William Handcock (11 September 1654 – September 1701) was an Irish politician and judge. Born in

County Westmeath "Noble above nobility" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Westmeath.svg , subdivision_type = Sovereign state, Country , subdivision_name = Republic of Ireland, Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Provinces o ...

, he was the second son of William Handcock and his wife Abigail, daughter of Sir Thomas Stanley and Mary Hammond, and sister of Thomas Stanley. His older brother was

Thomas Handcock Thomas Handcock (28 May 1654 – 1726) was an Irish people, Irish politician. He was the eldest son of William Handcock (Westmeath politician), William Handcock and his wife Abigail, daughter of Sir Thomas Stanley and sister of Thomas Stanley (aut ...

. He was educated at

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

. Handcock entered the

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in 1692, representing

Boyle Boyle is an English, Irish and Scottish surname of Gaelic, Anglo-Saxon or Norman origin. In the northwest of Ireland it is one of the most common family names. Notable people with the surname include: Disambiguation *Adam Boyle (disambiguation), ...

until the following year. He sat for Dublin City from 1695 until 1699. Handcock was appointed

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in 1695, a post he held until his death in 1701. On 31 May 1685, he married Elizabeth Coddington, daughter of Nicholas Coddington and Elizabeth Dixie. They had at least three children, John, the only son and heir, Anne, who married Patrick Wemyss MP, and Abigail, who married Edward Griffith, and was the ancestor of

Sir Richard Griffith, 1st Baronet Sir Richard John Griffith Bt. FRS FRSE FGS LLD (20 September 1784 – 22 September 1878), was an Irish geologist, mining engineer and chairman of the Board of Works of Ireland, who completed the first complete geological map of Ireland and was ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Handcock, William 1654 births 1701 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Irish MPs 1692–1693 Irish MPs 1695–1699 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Roscommon constituencies Recorders of Dublin Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Dublin constituencies