Henry Handcock
Handcock was elected as the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Athlone at a by-election in 1856—caused by the appointment of the sitting MP , William Keogh , as a judge of the Court of Common Pleas—but lost the seat less than a year later at the 1857 general election , when he was beaten by the Independent Irish Party candidate , John Ennis . 
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