Albert Handcock, 5th Baron Castlemaine
Albert Handcock | |
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5th Baron Castlemaine | |
Reign | 1892–1937 |
Predecessor | Richard Handcock |
Successor | Robert Arthur Handcock |
Born | East Hill, Athlone 26 March 1863 |
Died | 6 July 1937 London | (aged 74)
Spouse(s) | Annie Evelyn Barrington |
Issue | 1 |
Father | Richard Handcock, 4th Baron Castlemaine |
Mother | Louisa Matilda Harris |
Occupation | Landowner |
Albert Edward Handcock, 5th Baron Castlemaine (26 March 1863 – 6 July 1937),[1] styled The Honourable from 1869 to 1892, was an Irish peer. He was a major landowner with 12,000 acres (49 km2).[2]
Background[]
Born at , he was the second son of Richard Handcock, 4th Baron Castlemaine and his wife Hon. Louisa Matilda Harris, only daughter of William Harris, 2nd Baron Harris.[3] In 1892, he succeeded his father as baron.[2] Handcock was educated at Eton College and went then to Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1895.[3] He was a Knight of Grace of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.[4]
Career[]
Handcock served in the British Army as lieutenant of the .[5] In 1898, he was elected a representative peer to the House of Lords.[6] Previously a Deputy Lieutenant of that county,[5] he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Westmeath in 1899, a post he held until its abolishment with the Irish Free State Constitution Act in 1922.[7]
Family[]
On 25 September 1895, he married Annie Evelyn Barrington, only daughter of Colonel Joseph Thomas Barrington, at St George's, Hanover Square,[3] and had by her an only daughter.[4] Handcock died, aged 74 at London and was succeeded in the barony by his younger brother Robert.[3]
Arms[]
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References[]
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Peerage". Archived from the original on 11 May 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Who is Who 1935. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1935. p. 571.
- ^ a b c d "ThePeerage - Albert Edward Handcock, 5th Baron Castlemaine of Moydrum". Retrieved 26 June 2009.
- ^ a b Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. London: Whitaker & Sons. 1921. p. 184.
- ^ a b Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). Armorial families. Edinburgh: Grange Publishing Works. pp. 185.
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Irish Representative Peers". Archived from the original on 25 May 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Institute of Historical Research - Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) from 1831". Retrieved 25 June 2009.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1886.
Books[]
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, Fleet street, London, UK: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 180.
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- 1863 births
- 1937 deaths
- Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
- Barons Castlemaine
- Lord-Lieutenants of Westmeath
- Irish representative peers
- People educated at Eton College