Richard Honyman
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Sir Richard Bempdé Johnstone Honyman, 2nd Baronet was a Scottish official of the British East India Company who served for six years in the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Orkney and
The grave of Sir Richard Honyman, St Cuthbert's churchyard, Edinburgh
The grave of Lady Elizabeth Campbell Honyman, Rosebank Cemetery, Edinburgh
Rear-Admiral George Heneage Lawrence Dundas was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. As a junior officer he came to prominence due to his brave conduct during a fire on the first-rate HMS Queen Charlot
Richard Honyman
…Thereafter Richard voted with the Tories, and at the 1818 general election he was defeated by 12 votes to 19 by the Whig candidate Royal Navy Captain George Dundas. The Balfour, Baikie and Traill families of Orkney had agreed to end the three-decade Honyman hegemony. They allied themselves with the Dundas of Kerse…
The first-rate HMS Queen Charlotte is shown on the left in this painting
Porto D'Anzo, Edward Lear, 1845, Auckland Art Gallery