HONYWOOD, Sir Filmer Courtenay William 11th Bt 1930-2025

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 27 Sep 2025: HONYWOOD Sir Filmer Honywood, sadly passed away peacefully on Thursday 18th September, aged 95 years with the funeral taking place on 10th October.

He was s of Col Sir William Wynne HONYWOOD 10^th Bt MC 1891-1982 and Maud Naylor 1888-1953 d of William Hodgson WILSON c1861-1937 by his 1885 m reg Q2 Halifax to Eliza Jane NAYLOR 1861-1917. He m 1956 Elizabeth Margaret Mary Cynthia 1931-96 d of Sir Alastair George Lionel Joseph MILLER 6^th Bt 1893-1964 of Glenlee and his 2^nd (of 3) w Margaret May  SHOTTER [c1907-78], and had two sons and two daus. His elder son succeeds him:

Sir RUPERT ANTHONY Honywood 12^th Bt b 2 March 1957, has yet to establish his claim. He m 1992 Wendy d of late Thomas YOUNG of South Norwood, and had issue

SON LIVING

SAMUEL THOMAS COURTENAY b 19 Oct 1996, actor, unm in DPB online.

[Paul Theroff]

This event led me to recall Mary Honywood, née Waters, wife of a direct ancestor of the Honywood Baronets. She lived 1527 to 1620, and is known for, among other things. the fact that she lived to see 367 living descendants in her lifetime (16 children, 114 grandchildren, 228 great-grandchildren, and nine great-great-grandchildren.

This fact can be seen in the DNB:

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Honywood,_Mary

See also Wikipedia:

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Honywood,_Mary

Apparently someone by the 18th Century had compiled a list showing all 367 descendants. Rev. William Cole, writing to Horace Walpole on 16 May 1762, giving comments and corrections to his "Anecdotes of Painting in England", wrote: "Dr Michael Honywood was Dean of Lincoln... In his printed epitaph it is stated that his grandmother (not his mother) lived to see 367 (not 365) persons descended from her. As to the number, it must be accurate, as the several persons of each generation being cast up make all together 367, else I should not so readily have depended upon my authority."

[Paul Theroff]

" Mary Honywood, née Waters, wife of a direct ancestor of the Honywood Baronets"

That should say "wife of a brother of a direct ancestor of the Honywood Baronets".

[Paul Theroff]

a bad typing day for me :)

that second link should be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Honywood

On Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 2:59:51 PM UTC-5 Paul Theroff wrote:

[Henry W]

I decided to work out, and publish, a ranking of the oldest title holders, combining both peers and baronet; Unterstein is an excellent resource for the peerage, but I do find it useful to track "all" of the oldest in one place.  See: Oldest living hereditary peers / baronets.  For now I have listed those born 1930 or earlier, but I do plan to extend this in time.

Sir Filmer was the 15th oldest holder of a hereditary title, 9th oldest baronet, and 6th oldest baronet where this is the highest title.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Thank you, Henry.

A welcome addition to our peerage and baronetage information!

Brooke

[Ivan Prekajski]

Is Sir Roger Ricardo Poore, 7th Bt. alive? Some pages give his year of death 2005. 

[Ivan Prekajski]

His predecessor, Sir Herbert Edward Poore, 6th Baronet died in Argentine in Curuzú Cuatiá on 20 Apr 1997.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

DPB Online is still showing Sir Roger Ricardo Poore, 7th Bt (b. 1930) as alive. 

He succeeded in 1899.

Brooke