Richard Honyman, 2nd Baronet

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Richard Bempdé Johnstone Honyman, 2nd Baronet ( May 4, 1787 - February 23, 1842 ) was a Scottish politician .

Life

Richard Honyman was born on May 4, 1787, the second son of William Honyman, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary . His older brother is Robert Honyman , who however died before his father, whereby Richard Honyman was entitled to inheritance. Between 1796 and 1802 Honyman attended Eton College . He married Elizabeth Campbell , with whom he fathered a daughter. Honyman joined the British colonial administration in India and worked in Madras , Coimbatore and Ramnad . In 1816 he ended his service. After the death of his father in 1825, Richard Honyman succeeded his father as 2nd  baronet . He died on February 23, 1842.

Political career

Both his uncle Robert and his brother of the same name had already represented the constituency of Orkney and Shetland in the British House of Commons . After the incumbent politician Malcolm Laing did not run for health reasons in the general election in 1812, the candidacy was put on to Richard Honyman. In view of the information that ten of the 26 eligible voters would already support Honyman, Honyman hesitantly agreed. However, an opposition formed which wanted to represent the interests of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas , with whom Robert Honyman had fallen out. Richard Honyman's attempts to unite the currents of interest did not bear fruit. As a result, William Balfour ran as a rival candidate.

In the general election in 1812, Honyman prevailed against Balfour with nine votes and five against. Unusually, twelve eligible voters did not cast a vote. As a result, Honyman moved into the British House of Commons for the first time. There he was rather disinterested. There is no mention of him in the entire electoral term. However, he gave a vote on various votes. In the general election in July 1818 Honyman ran again, but was defeated by George Heneage Lawrence Dundas with 19:12 votes. So he left the House of Commons after one term.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Information on Robert Honyman
  2. ↑ a b Information on Orkney and Shetland constituency
personal data
SURNAME Honyman, Richard, 2nd baronet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Honyman, Richard Bempdé Johnstone 2nd Baronet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician, member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1787
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1842