CASTLEMAINE 93 BARONY [I.] I. William Handcock, s. and h. of Richard H., , g of Twyford, co. Westmeath, Dean of Achonry {d. 25 July 1 791), by Sarah, da. and h. of Richard VTSCOT JNTCY fl "1 '^°^'^> of Ballintore, co. Kildare, was b.ii Aug. 1 76 1 ; L '^ was M.P. for Athlone, 1783 (retaining his seat with- III. 1822 outanybreakat theUnion) to Aug. i8o3;(^) P.C. [1.] to 10 Feb. 1 80 1. On 21 Dec. 18 12, he was cr. BARON 1839. CASTLEMAINE OF MOYDRUM, co. West- meath [!.],() with a spec, rem., failing heirs male of his body, to his br., Richard Handcock. Constable and Gov. of Athlone 1813 till his death, and a Gov. of co. Westmeath 1814-31. On 12 Jan. 1822 he was cr. VISCOUNT CASTLEMAINE [I.], without a spec, rem. He w., 20 Mar. 1787, Florinda, ist da. of William Power Keating (Trench), ist Earl of Clancarty, by Ann, da. of the Rt. Hon. Charles Gardiner. He d. s.p., 7 Jan. 1839, at Moydrum Castle, co. Westmeath, while fastening his bedroom window (being blown down by a storm), aged 77, when the Viscountcy became extinct. (^) His widow, who was b. 3 Aug. 1766, d. 9 Feb. 185 1, at Moydrum Castle. BARONY [I.] 2. Richard (Handcock), Baron Castlemaine of ,. o Moydrum [I.], br. and h. according to the spec. lim. in ^ ■^9- the patent. He was /^. 14 May 1767; was M.P. (Tory) for Athlone, 1800, in the last Irish Pari. He tn., 13 Nov. 1790, Anne, 3rd da. of Arthur French, of French Park, co. Roscommon, by Alice, da. of Richard Magennis, of Dublin. He d. at Dublin, after a long illness, 18, and was bur. 21 Apr. 1840, at Athlone, aged nearly 73. His widow d. 4 Nov. 1852, at Athlone. III. 1840. 3. Richard (Handcock), Baron Castlemaine of Moydrum [I.], s. and h., b. 17 Nov. 1791, in Dublin. He was M.P. (Tory) for Athlone, i826-32;('^) Rep. Peer [I.], 1841-69. He m., 17 Apr. 1822, Margaret, 2nd da. of Michael Harris, of Dublin, by Mary, da. of Patrick Bryan, of Ballina Park, co. Wicklow. She d. 27 Jan. 1867, at Moydrum Castle. He d. 4 July 1869, aged 77. (') He supported the Tory Government in the U.K. Pari. V.G. (•>) The three extinctions made use of, under the Act of Union, for this creation were (i) the Viscountcy of Pery {Pery), (2) the Barony of Milton [Dama), and (3) the Barony of Delaval {Delaval). C^) This patriot, having publicly pledged himself to God and man to resist to extremities so infamous admeasure as the Union, not unnaturally required the inducement of a Peerage to make him change such strongly expressed convictions. The note on him in Sir Jonah Barrington's "Black List" is as follows: "Will Handcock (Athlone). An extraordinary instance. He made and sang songs against the Union in 1799 at a public dinner of the Opposition, and made and sang songs for it in 1800. He got a peerage." V.G. C^) He changed when Peel did, on the subject of the Corn Laws in 1846. V.G.
