Paternal Family Tree: Honywood
Around 1757 John Honywood 4th Baronet was born to William Honywood [aged 26].
On 23rd October 1764 [his father] William Honywood [aged 33] died.
On 13th December 1779 John Honywood 4th Baronet [aged 22] and Frances Courtenay [aged 16] were married. They had a son and six daughters. She the daughter of William Courtenay 8th Earl Devon [aged 37] and Frances Clack Countess Devon.
On 26th December 1781 [his grandfather] John Honywood 3rd Baronet [aged 71] died. His grandson John [aged 24] succeeded 4th Baronet Honywood of Evington in Kent.
In 1784 John Honywood 4th Baronet [aged 27] was elected MP Steyning which seat he held until Jul 1785.
On 20th February 1787 [his son] John Coutenay Honywood 5th Baronet was born to John Honywood 4th Baronet [aged 30] and [his wife] Frances Courtenay [aged 24].
On 17th April 1788 John Honywood 4th Baronet [aged 31] was elected MP Steyning which seat he held until 1790.
On 14th October 1788 [his father-in-law] William Courtenay 8th Earl Devon [aged 45] died. His son [his brother-in-law] William [aged 20] de jure 9th Earl Devon, 3rd Viscount Courtenay.
In 1790 John Honywood 4th Baronet [aged 33] was elected MP Canterbury which seat he held until 1796. He had also contested MP Steyning but was defeated.
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Around May 1790 [his daughter] Caroline Honywood was born to John Honywood 4th Baronet [aged 33] and [his wife] Frances Courtenay [aged 27]. She married (1) 1807 Edward Dalby Temple and had issue (2) 20th April 1864 Major Thomas William Claggett.
On 3rd September 1790 George Annesley 2nd Earl Mountnorris [aged 19] and [his sister-in-law] Anne Courtenay Countess Mountnorris [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Countess Mountnorris of Mountnorris Castle in Armagh. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] William Courtenay 8th Earl Devon and [his mother-in-law] Frances Clack Countess Devon. He the son of Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Mountnorris [aged 46] and Lucy Lyttelton Baronet.
On 10th March 1797 John Honywood 4th Baronet [aged 40] was elected MP Canterbury which seat he held until 1802.
On 2nd August 1798 John Vaughan 3rd Earl Lisburne [aged 29] and [his sister-in-law] Lucy Courtenay Countess Lisburne [aged 28] were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] William Courtenay 8th Earl Devon and [his mother-in-law] Frances Clack Countess Devon. He the son of Wilmot Vaughan 1st Earl Lisburne [aged 70] and Dorothy Shafto Countess Lisburne [aged 65]. They were half fourth cousin once removed.
In 1802 John Honywood 4th Baronet [aged 45] was elected MP Honiton which seat he held until his death on 29 Mar 1806.
On 29th March 1806 John Honywood 4th Baronet [aged 49] died. His son John [aged 19] succeeded 5th Baronet Honywood of Evington in Kent.
In 1838 [his former wife] Frances Courtenay [aged 75] died.
[his daughter] Annabella Christiana Honywood was born to John Honywood 4th Baronet and Frances Courtenay. She married 25th August 1806 her fifth cousin once removed Edward Knatchbull 9th Baronet, son of Edward Knatchbull 8th Baronet, and had issue.
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Honywood
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Honywood 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Honywood 2nd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Maynard of Tooting, Surrey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Maynard
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Honywood
Grandfather: John Honywood 3rd Baronet
father: William Honywood