Sir William Honywood, 2nd Baronet (ca. 1654 – 8 June 1748) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1685 to 1695.

Honywood was the son of Sir Edward Honywood, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Maynard, daughter of Sir John Maynard of Tooting, Surrey. He inherited the baronetcy of Evington on the death of his father in 1670[1]/ In 1685 Honywood was elected Mayor[2] and member of parliament for Canterbury and held the seat until 1695.[3]

Honywood married Anna Christiana Newman daughter of Richard Newman of Fifehead Magdalen in Dorset. They had two sons and four daughters. He died at Evington at the age of 94 and was buried at Elmstead. His grandson Edward succeeded in the baronetcy.

References

  1. ^ Betham, Wiliam (1802). The Baronetage of England: Or The History of the English Baronets, and Such Baronets of Scotland, as are of English Families; with Genealogical Tables, and Engravings of Their Coats of Arms, Volume 2. p. 134.
  2. ^ "The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 12". British History Online. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
Parliament of England Preceded byLewis WatsonVincent Denne Member of Parliament for Canterbury 1685–1695 With: Henry LeeGeorge Sayer Succeeded byHenry LeeGeorge Sayer Baronetage of England Preceded byEdward Honywood Baronet (of Evington) 1670–1748 Succeeded byJohn Honywood


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