Background
He was a descendant of Eliah Handcock, second son of Thomas Handcock and his wife Doroth Green.
He was a descendant of Eliah Handcock, second son of Thomas Handcock and his wife Doroth Green.
Handcock was a captain in the artillery and major of Charles Fort. He served later as lieutenant-governor of Kinsale. In 1776, he entered the Irish House of Commons.