William Philip Honywood

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William Philip Honywood
Member of Parliament
for Kent
Personal details
Born
William Philip Honywood

(1790-04-15)15 April 1790
Died22 April 1831(1831-04-22) (aged 41)
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig
Spouse(s)Priscilla Hanbury
Parents
  • William Honywood (father)
  • Mary Brockman (mother)
ResidenceMarks Hall, Essex
EducationRugby College (1800)
Jesus College, Cambridge (1808)

William Philip Honywood (15 April 1790 – 22 April 1831) was an English Whig[1] politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1818 to 1830.

Early life and education[]

Honywood was the oldest son of William Honywood[2] and his wife Mary Brockman.[3] He graduated from Rugby in 1800 and Jesus College, Cambridge in 1808.[2]

Military career[]

He was a Captain in the Ashford regiment of the Kent militia in 1809.[2]

Politics[]

Honywood was a staunch Whig and was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Kent at the 1818 general election.[1] He held the seat until the 1830 general election[1][4] when he retired on the grounds of ill-health.[3]

Personal live and death[]

He married Priscilla Hanbury, the daughter of Charles Hanbury of Sloe Farm, Halstead on 11 September 1820.[2] The Honywoods lived at Marks Hall, Essex. His son, Robert, was a first-class cricketer. Honywood died aged 41 on 22 April 1831.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 157. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  2. ^ a b c d e "HONYWOOD, William Philip (1790-1831), of Sibton, Kent and Marks Hall, Essex. | History of Parliament Online". www.histparl.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b Essex Record Office - Monumental inscriptions at St Margaret, Marks Hall
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Kent
1818 – 1830
With: Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Bt 1818–1819
Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Bt 1819–1830 		Succeeded by


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