Robert Honywood ( 1676 – January 1735) was an English politician who sat in the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. T ...

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(MP) for

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between 1716 and 1727. He served as

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from 1715 until his death in 1735. Honywood was the first son of Charles Ludovic Honywood and Mary Clement; his brother was

Sir Philip Honywood General Sir Philip Honywood KB (also spelled Honeywood; c.1677 – 17 June 1752) was a British Army officer. Biography He was born the second son of Charles Ludovic Honywood of Charing, Kent and Mary Clement. Sir Robert Honywood was his gran ...

. He was also the grandson of Sir Robert Honywood, MP for New Romney, and a direct descendant of

Mary Honywood Mary Honywood or Mary Waters (1527 – 1620) was a British co-heiress who visited the Marian martyrs. She lived to have 114 grandchildren and, in total, 367 descendants in her lifetime. Life Honywood was born in Lenham in Kent in 1527. She was a ...

. A Whig, Honywood was elected

(MP) for

in 1716 after the result of the by-election in 1715 was reversed on petition, and held the seat until 1727. Honywood married Mary Sandford, daughter of Sir Richard Sandford, 2nd Baronet, and sister of Sir Richard Sandford, 3rd Baronet. He inherited the

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 ...

estate from his distant cousin

John Lamotte Honywood John Lamotte Honywood (1647–1694) of Marks Hall, Essex was an English Member of Parliament and High Sheriff of Essex. He was born the 2nd surviving son of Sir Thomas Honywood of Marks Hall, who had been a leading Parliamentary soldier during th ...

upon the remarriage of his widow. He had several children, including Richard, who inherited the estate, and Philip, who inherited the estate following the death of Richard's son, Richard.

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17th-century births 1735 deaths Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies British MPs 1715–1722 British MPs 1722–1727 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub

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