General Philip Honywood (''c.''1710 – 21 February 1785) was a British army officer who sat in the

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from 1754 to 1784. Honywood was the fifth son of Robert Honywood and his wife Mary Sandford, daughter of Sir Richard Sandford, Bart. and sister and heiress of

Sir Richard Sandford, 3rd Baronet Sir Richard Sandford, 3rd Baronet (8 September 1675 – 2 April 1723) was an English landowner and Whig politician who sat in the English House of Commons between 1695 and 1707, and in the British House of Commons from 1708 to 1723. Early lif ...

of Howgill Castle. He succeeded his brother to 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 in Essex in 1755.

Military career

He joined the Army as a cornet and rose through the ranks to become a major in 1741. At the

Battle of Dettingen The Battle of Dettingen (german: Schlacht bei Dettingen) took place on 27 June 1743 during the War of the Austrian Succession at Dettingen in the Electorate of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire (now Karlstein am Main in Bavaria). It was fought between a ...

in 1743, he received at least twenty-three broadsword wounds and two musket shots which were never removed, distinguishing himself by his personal valour. He was afterwards promoted to a lieutenant-colonelcy in the regiment of his uncle, also Philip Honywood. He took part in the

Jacobite Rising of 1745 The Jacobite rising of 1745, also known as the Forty-five Rebellion or simply the '45 ( gd, Bliadhna Theàrlaich, , ), was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the Monarchy of Great Britain, British throne for his father, James Franci ...

and was seriously wounded at the skirmish at Clifton in 1745. He was promoted colonel in 1752 and awarded the colonelcy of the 20th Foot in 1755–56 and the 9th Dragoons from 1756 to 1759. He was made major-general in 1758, given the colonelcy of the 4th Horse from 1759 to 1782 and made lieutenant-general in 1760. He was

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from 1766 to his death. He was finally promoted to full General in 1777 and transferred to be Colonel of the

3rd Dragoon Guards The 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685 as the Earl of Plymouth's Regiment of Horse. It was renamed as the 3rd Regiment of Dragoon Guards in 1751 and the 3rd (Prince of Wales's) ...

from 1782 to his death.

Parliamentary career

Honywood was elected

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for Appleby in 1754 and held the seat until 1784. Honywood died in 1785 aged 75. He had married Elizabeth Wastell, but their only child, Philip, who was born 27 June 1760,''The Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster Vol. IV. 1741-1760''. 18 July 1760. died aged 19. He left his Marks Hall estate worth nearly £6000 per annum to his cousin

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 ...

, M.P. for Kent.

References

External links

Portrait of Lieutenant General Philip Honeywood by Thomas GainsboroughHONYWOOD, Philip (c.1710–85), of Marks Hall, Essex and Howgill Castle, Westmld.
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