William Philip Honywood

William Philip Honywood
William Philip Honywood
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	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

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "HONYWOOD, William Philip (1790-1831), of Sibton, Kent and Marks Hall, Essex. | History of Parliament Online". www.histparl.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b Essex Record Office - Monumental inscriptions at St Margaret, Marks Hall
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
^ "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

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[stooks-smith-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.

[:0-2] "HONYWOOD, William Philip (1790-1831), of Sibton, Kent and Marks Hall, Essex. | History of Parliament Online". www.histparl.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

[MIs-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.

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