Filmer Honywood (c. 1745 – 2 June 1809) was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1774 and 1806. Honywood was the son of Sir John Honywood, 3rd Baronet and his second wife Dorothy Filmer, daughter of Sir Edward Filmer, 3rd Baronet.

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''The Baronetage of England'' Vol. 2
/ref> Honywood was elected

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(MP) for

Steyning Steyning ( ) is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Horsham District, Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles (6.4 km) north of the ...

in 1774 and held the seat until 1780. He was elected MP for

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in 1780 and held the seat until 1796. He was re-elected MP for Kent in 1802 and held the seat until 1806. Honywood lived at Hull Place in Ottenden and in 1785 inherited

Marks Hall Marks Hall was a Jacobean country house some north of Coggeshall in Essex, England. Previously a timber manor house, the 17th-century brick building was demolished in 1950. History In 1163 the manor house and estate of Markshall were granted ...

, Essex from General Philip Honywood. He died unmarried, and the estate passed to his half-nephew William Honywood.

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