Richard Handcock, 4th Baron Castlemaine (25 July 1826 – 26 April 1892),[1][unreliable source?] styled The Honourable from 1840 to 1869, was an Irish peer.[2]
Born at Athlone, he was the oldest son of Richard Handcock, 3rd Baron Castlemaine and his wife Margaret Harris, daughter of Michael Harris.[3] In 1869, he succeeded his father as baron.[4] Handcock entered the British Army as ensign in 1844, was promoted to lieutenant two years later and served eventually as captain of the 41st (Welsh) Regiment of Foot from 1852.[5] In 1874, he was elected an Irish representative peer to the House of Lords.[6][unreliable source?] A former Deputy Lieutenant of that county,[4] he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Westmeath in 1889, a post he held until his death in 1892.[7]
On 10 February 1857, he married Hon. Louisa Matilda Harris, only daughter of William Harris, 2nd Baron Harris at Holy Trinity Brompton Church.[3] They had five daughters and three sons.[3] Handcock died from heart disease at Moydrum Castle[3] and was succeeded in the barony successively by his second son Albert and his third son Robert.[1]
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- ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - Peerage". Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
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- ^ a b c d "Richard Handcock, 4th baron Castlemaine". geni.com.
- ^ a b Debrett, John (1876). Debrett's Illustrated Peerage and Titles of Courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 90.
- ^ Hart, H. G. (1853). The New Annual Army List. London: John Murray. p. 192.
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Irish Representative Peers". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Institute of Historical Research - Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) from 1831". Retrieved 25 June 2009.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1886.