William Honywood (c. 1759 – 9 February 1818) was a British soldier and Whig 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. ...

from 1806 to 1812. Honeywood was the son of William Honywood and his wife Elizabeth Clark of Wallingford.

William Betham William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

''The Baronetage of England Vol 2''
/ref> He served in the American War.Essex Record Office – Monumental inscriptions at St Margaret, Marks Hall
/ref> Honywood was elected as a

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(MP) for

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at the 1806 general election and held the seat until the 1812 general election, which he did not contest. In 1809, Honywood 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 half-uncle

Filmer Honywood Filmer Honywood (c. 1745 – 2 June 1809) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1774 and 1806. Honywood was the son of Sir John Honywood, 3rd Baronet and his second wife Dorothy Filmer, daughter ...

, also a Member of Parliament. Honywood married Mary Brockman. He died at his home in Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London aged 59.Kent Online Parish Clerks – Death notices
/ref> Their son William Philip was also MP for Kent, and inherited the Marks Hall estate.

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* 1750s births 1818 deaths Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1806–1807 UK MPs 1807–1812 British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War {{England-UK-MP-stub