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 2 3 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.
- 1 2 Essex Record Office - Monumental inscriptions at St Margaret, Marks Hall
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Philip Honywood
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| 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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