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Sir William Honywood, 2nd Baronet

1654 – 1748

English politician

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Lived 1654 – 1748 (aged 93–94). Sir William Honywood, 2nd Baronet was a politician.

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 / In 1685 Honywood was elected Mayor and member of parliament for Canterbury and held the seat until 1695.

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.

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Born
1654
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Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1685-87 Parliament, Member of the 1689-90 Parliament, Member of the 1690-95 Parliament
Also known as
William Honeywood, Sir William Honywood, 2nd Bt.

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English politician

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Sir William Honywood, 2nd Baronet was born in 1654.

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Sir William Honywood, 2nd Baronet died on 1 June 1748.

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Sir William Honywood, 2nd Baronet was a politician.

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· Wikipedia: Sir William Honywood, 2nd Baronet

· Wikidata: Q7529631

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