William Philip Honywood was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1818 to 1830.

Honywood was the son of William Honywood

William Honywood (died 1818)

William Honywood was a British soldier and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1806 to 1812.Honeywood was the son of William Honywood and his wife Elizabeth Clark of Wallingford...

 and his wife Mary Brockman.

Honywood was a staunch Whig and was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Kent

Kent (UK Parliament constituency)

Kent was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Kent in southeast England. It returned two "knights of the shire" to the House of Commons by the bloc vote system from the year 1290...

 at the 1818 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1818

The 1818 general election of the United Kingdom saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats...

. He held the seat until the 1830 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1830

The 1830 United Kingdom general election, was triggered by the death of King George IV and produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, William IV. Fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, it saw electoral reform become a major election issue...

 when he retired on the grounds of ill-health.

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.

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