William Philip Honywood
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.
William Philip Honywood | |
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| Member of Parliament for Kent | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Philip Honywood 15 April 1790 |
| Died | 22 April 1831 (aged 41) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Priscilla Hanbury |
| Parents |
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| Residence(s) | Marks Hall, Essex |
| Education | Rugby College (1800) Jesus College, Cambridge (1808) |
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
- 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.
- "HONYWOOD, William Philip (1790-1831), of Sibton, Kent and Marks Hall, Essex. | History of Parliament Online". www.histparl.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- Essex Record Office - Monumental inscriptions at St Margaret, Marks Hall
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)