William Philip Honywood

William Philip Honywood
Member of Parliament for Kent
Personal details
Born	William Philip Honywood (1790-04-15)15 April 1790
Died	22 April 1831(1831-04-22) (aged 41)
Nationality	British
Political party	Whig
Spouse	Priscilla Hanbury
Parents	William Honywood (father) Mary Brockman (mother)
Residence(s)	Marks Hall, Essex
Education	Rugby 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 eldest 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] They had three sons: William Philip, Robert, and Walter; and one daughter.[5] The Honywoods lived at Marks Hall, Essex. 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)
5. "Court of Probate, Westminster | Honywood v. Honywood and others". The Essex Standard, and Eastern Counties Advertiser. 3 February 1860. p. 3. Retrieved 22 August 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Philip Honywood

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