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
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
MotherMary Brockman
FatherWilliam Honywood
ResidenceMarks Hall, Essex
EducationRugby 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
  1. 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. "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. Essex Record Office - Monumental inscriptions at St Margaret, Marks Hall
  4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Bt
Sir William Geary, Bt		 Member of Parliament for Kent
1818 – 1830
With: Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Bt 1818–1819
Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Bt 1819–1830		 Succeeded by
Thomas Law Hodges
Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Bt


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