Sir John Honywood, 4th Baronet

British politician
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IntroBritish politician
A.K.A.John Honywood
A.K.A.John Honywood
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth1757
Death1806 (aged 49 years)
Family
Mother:Elizabeth Clack
Father:William Honywood
Spouse:Frances Courtenay (13 December 1779-)
Children:Annabella Christiana Honywood Caroline Honywood Charlotte Dorothea Honywood Sir John Courtenay Honywood, 5th Bt.
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Biography

Painting of Honywood in 1784 By Joshua Reynolds

Sir John Honywood, 4th Baronet (?1757–1806), of Evington, Kent, was an English politician.

He was the eldest son of William Honywood and the grandson of Sir John Honywood 3rd Bt., from whom he inherited the baronetcy in 1781.

He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Steyning in 1784 – July 1785 and 17 Apr. 1788 – 1790; for Canterbury in 1790–1796 and 10 Mar. 1797 – 1802 and for Honiton in 1802 – 29 Mar. 1806.

He died in 1806. He had married Frances, the daughter of William Courtenay, 2nd Viscount Courtenay, with whom he had a son and 6 daughters. He was succeeded by his son, Sir John Courtenay Honywood, 5th Baronet.

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