Thomas Honeywood

Who was Thomas Honeywood?

Sir Thomas Honeywood was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656.

Honeywood was the son of Robert Honeywood of Charing and Marks Hall and was a student of the Inner Temple in 1605. He was of Marks Hall, Essex and was knighted on 22 November 1632. During the civil was he was a parliamentary colonel and fought at Colchester and Worcester. He was one of thecommissioners on the trial of the king but did not sit. He was created D.C.L. at Oxford University on 9 September 1651.

In 1654, Honeywood was elected Member of Parliament for Essex in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Essex in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament. He was a member of Cromwell's House of Lords in 1657.

Honeywood died at the age of 80.