William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine

William Handcock 28 August 1761 ? 7 January 1839 1st Viscount Castlemaine, Baron Castlemaine

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28 August - 1761 - 7 January - 1839

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Created 1st Baron Castlemaine on 21 December 1812. Handcock had no children, so that the peerage was created with a special remainder "failing heirs of his body to his brother" so that his brother would succeed William Handcock as the second baron.

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21 December - 1812

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Created 1st (and last) Viscount Castlemaine on 12 January 1822 but no such remainder was given, and the Viscountcy became extinct.

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12 January - 1822

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Constable and Governor of Athlone 1813?39 and Governor of County Westmeath 1814?31;

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1813 - 1814 - 31

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Both peerages were Irish and so Handcock never sat in the British House of Lords.

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Irish - House of Lords

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