About Richard Honyman
Lived 1787 – 1842 (aged 54). Richard Honyman was a British politician.
Sir Richard Bempdé Johnstone Honyman, 2nd Baronet (4 May 1787 – 23 February 1842) was a Scottish official of the British East India Company who served for six years in the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Orkney and Shetland.
Early life Honyman was the second son of Sir William Honyman, 1st Baronet, SCJ (Lord Armadale), of Armadale in Sutherland and Graemsay in Orkney. His mother Mary was a daughter of the notorious judge Lord Braxfield.
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Who was Richard Honyman?
politician; (1787-1842)
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Richard Honyman was born on 4 May 1787.
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Richard Honyman died on 23 February 1842.
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Richard Honyman was a politician.
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Richard Honyman was British.
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