Cyril Wyche | |
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![]() Portrait of Wyche c. 1700 | |
Chief Secretary for Ireland | |
In office 1692–1693 | |
Preceded by | John Davis |
Succeeded by | Richard Aldworth |
In office 1676–1682 | |
Preceded by | William Harbord |
Succeeded by | Sir William Ellis |
5th President of the Royal Society | |
In office 1683 – 30 November 1684 | |
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 Irish Parliament for Dublin University | |
In office 1692–1693 | |
Preceded by | Sir John Meade, 1st Baronet Joseph Coghlan |
Succeeded by | Richard Aldworth William Molyneux |
Personal details | |
Born | 1632 Constantinople, Turkey |
Died | 28 December 1707 Hockwold cum Wilton, Norfolk | (aged 74–75)
Resting place | St Peter's Church, Hockwold |
Spouses | Elizabeth Jermyn (m. 1663)Susanna Norreys (m. 1684)Mary Evelyn (m. 1692) |
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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, politician and administrator. He served two terms in the Dublin Castle administration as Chief Secretary for Ireland and was a Lord Justice of Ireland from 1693 to 1695. He was the fifth President of the Royal Society, and represented several constituencies in both the House of Commons of England and the Irish House of Commons.[1][2][3]