Thomas Handcock

{{Short description|Irish politician}}

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Thomas Handcock (28 May 1654 – 1726) was an Irish politician.

He was the eldest son of William Handcock and his wife Abigail, daughter of Sir Thomas Stanley and sister of Thomas Stanley.{{cite book | last = Lodge | first = Edmund | title = The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage | url = https://archive.org/details/genealogyofexist01lodg | publisher = Saunder and Otley | edition = 6th | location = London | year = 1838 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/genealogyofexist01lodg/page/88 88] }} His younger brother was Sir William Handcock, Recorder of Dublin. In 1692, Handcock entered the Irish House of Commons, representing Lanesborough until 1699.{{cite book | last = Johnston-Liik | first = Edith Mary | title = MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 | ISBN = 1-903688-60-4 | publisher = Ulster Historical Foundation | year = 2006 | pages = 94 }}

On 5 July 1677, he married Dorothy Green, and had, by her, four sons and four daughters.{{cite book | last = Debrett | first = John | publisher = G. Woodfall | edition = 17th | title = Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | volume = II | year = 1828 | location = London | pages = 805 }} His oldest son William sat also in the Parliament of Ireland.{{cite web | url = http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm | archive-date = June 7, 2008 | title = Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800 | url-status = usurped | accessdate = 15 July 2009 }}