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Cyril Wyche
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Portrait of Wyche c. 1693
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| Chief Secretary for Ireland | |
| In office 1692–1693 |
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| Preceded by | John Davis |
| Succeeded by | Richard Aldworth |
| In office 1676–1682 |
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| Preceded by | William Harbord |
| Succeeded by | Sir William Ellis |
| 5th President of the Royal Society | |
| In office 1683 – 30 November 1684 |
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| Preceded by | John Hoskyns |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Pepys |
| Member of the English Parliament | |
| 1702 – 1705 | Preston |
| 1685 – 1689 | Saltash |
| 1681 – 1685 | East Grinstead |
| 1661 – 1678 | Callington |
| Member of the Ireland Parliament for Dublin University |
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| In office 1692–1693 |
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| Preceded by | Sir John Meade, 1st Baronet Joseph Coghlan |
| Succeeded by | Richard Aldworth William Molyneux |
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| Born | 1632 Constantinople, Turkey |
| Died | 28 December 1707 (aged 74–75) Hockwold cum Wilton, Norfolk |
| Resting place | St Peter's Church, Hockwold |
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Elizabeth Jermyn
(m. 1663)Susanna Norreys
(m. 1684)Mary Evelyn
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| Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA, MA, DCL) |
Sir Cyril Wyche FRS (c. 1632 – 28 December 1707) was an English lawyer and politician.
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Early life
He was born in Constantinople, Turkey, where his father, Sir Peter Wyche, was the English Ambassador. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford with Bachelor of Arts in 1653. He received his Master of Arts (MA) in 1655 and his Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) in 1665. Between the time he received his MA and his DCL, he was knighted (1660). This is so close in time to the English Restoration that he was almost certainly a Cavalier, and may have served in the military for the Royalist cause.
Career
He was an original member of the Royal Society and served as President from 1683–1684.
He joined the bar in 1670 and became Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1692. He was a Member of Parliament for several constituencies at different times, (MP for Callington (1661–1678), for East Grinstead (1681–1685), for Saltash (1685–1687), and for Preston (1702–1705)
Personal life
He married three times; firstly in 1663, Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Thomas Jermyn of Rushbrooke, Suffolk, with whom he had 2 sons (1 of whom predeceased him) and 2 daughters, secondly in 1684 Susanna, the daughter of Sir Francis Norreys of Weston on the Green, Oxfordshire and the widow of Sir Herbert Perrott of Wellington. Herefordshire and thirdly in 1692 Mary, the daughter of George Evelyn of Wotton, Surrey. Mary was the niece of John Evelyn, the diarist.
Around 1690 he purchased Hockwold Hall (then called The Poynings) at Hockwold cum Wilton, Norfolk. He died there and a monument to him can be found in St Peter's Church, Hockwold.
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