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.

Honywood was the son of William Honywood and his wife Mary Brockman.[2]

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][3] when he retired on the grounds of ill-health.[2]

Honywood died aged 41. He had married in 1820 Priscilla Hanbury, the daughter of Charles Hanbury of Sloe Farm, Halstead. The Honywoods lived at Marks Hall, Essex.

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 Essex Record Office - Monumental inscriptions at St Margaret, Marks Hall
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Bt
Sir William Geary, Bt
Member of Parliament for Kent
18181830
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