Albert Handcock, 5th Baron Castlemaine

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]

Albert Handcock
5th Baron Castlemaine
Photograph, 26 November 1902
Reign1892–1937
PredecessorRichard Handcock
SuccessorRobert Arthur Handcock
BornEast Hill, Athlone
(1863-03-26)26 March 1863
Died6 July 1937(1937-07-06) (aged 74)
London
Spouse(s)Annie Evelyn Barrington
Issue1
FatherRichard Handcock, 4th Baron Castlemaine
MotherLouisa Matilda Harris
OccupationLandowner

Background

Born at East Hill, Athlone, 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.

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. He was a Knight of Grace of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.[3]

Career

Handcock served in the British Army as lieutenant of the 4th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.[4] In 1898, he was elected a representative peer to the House of Lords.[5] Previously a Deputy Lieutenant of that county,[4] 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.[6]

Family

On 25 September 1895, he married Annie Evelyn Barrington, only daughter of Colonel Joseph Thomas Barrington, at St George's, Hanover Square, and had by her an only daughter.[3] Handcock died, aged 74 at London and was succeeded in the barony by his younger brother Robert.

Arms
Coat of arms of Albert Handcock, 5th Baron Castlemaine
Crest
A demi-lion rampant Azure holding between the paws a fusil Argent charged with a cock Gules.
Escutcheon
Ermine on a chief Sable a dexter hand between two cocks Argent armed crested and jelloped Gules.
Supporters
Dexter a lion guardant Azure sinister a cock Proper.
Motto
Vigilate Et Orat[7]

References
  1. "Leigh Rayment - Peerage". Archived from the original on 11 May 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Who is Who 1935. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1935. p. 571.
  3. Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. London: Whitaker & Sons. 1921. p. 184.
  4. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). Armorial families. Edinburgh: Grange Publishing Works. pp. 185.
  5. "Leigh Rayment - Irish Representative Peers". Archived from the original on 25 May 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. "Institute of Historical Research - Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) from 1831". Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  7. Burke's Peerage. 1886.

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