Sir Robert Honeywood was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...

 in 1659.

Honeywood was the son of Robert Honeywood of Charing

Charing

Charing is a small village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, in south-east England. The parish population is 2,750 ; it includes the settlement of Charing Heath.It is situated at the foot of the North Downs...

, Kent. He matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford on 30 October 1618, aged 17. In 1620 he became a student of Middle Temple

Middle Temple

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. He was knighted on 15 June, 1625. In 1659, he was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for New Romney

New Romney (UK Parliament constituency)

New Romney was a parliamentary constituency in Kent, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1371 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act....

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Honeywood died at the age of about 85.