Cyril Wyche

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Sir
Cyril Wyche
PRS
Portrait of Sir Cyril Wyche
Sir Cyril Wyche
Chief Secretary for Ireland
In office
1692–1693
Preceded by
Succeeded by
In office
1676–1682
Preceded byWilliam Harbord
Succeeded bySir William Ellis
5th President of the Royal Society
In office
1683 – 30 November 1684
Preceded byJohn Hoskyns
Succeeded bySamuel Pepys
Member of the English Parliament
1702 – 1705Preston
1685 – 1689Saltash
1681 – 1685East Grinstead
1661 – 1678Callington
Member of the Ireland Parliament
for Dublin University
In office
1692–1693
Preceded bySir John Meade, 1st Baronet
Joseph Coghlan
Succeeded by
William Molyneux
Personal details
Born1632 (1632)
Constantinople, Turkey
Died28 December 1707(1707-12-28) (aged 74–75)
Hockwold cum Wilton, Norfolk
Resting placeSt Peter's Church, Hockwold
Spouse(s)
Elizabeth Jermyn
​
(m. 1663)​

Susanna Norreys
​
(m. 1684)​

Mary Evelyn
​
(m. 1692)​
Parent(s)
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (BA, MA, DCL)

Sir Cyril Wyche PRS (c.1632 – 28 December 1707) was an English lawyer and politician.

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.

He was an original member of the Royal Society and served as President from 1683–1684.[1]

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)[2]

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.[2]

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.

References[]

  1. ^ "Fellows Details". Royal Society. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "WYCHE, Sir Cyril (c.1632-1707), of Gray's Inn, Westminster and Flanchford, Surr". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 20 April 2019.

Further reading[]

  • Sir Cyril Wyche and the Popish Plot, 1678-80, Hugh Fenning, O.P., in Seanchas Ard Macha volume 19/2, pp. 53–62, 2002
  • Herbert Rix, "Wyche, Cyril", Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 63
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Callington
1661–1678
With: Allen Brodrick 1661
Sir Henry Bennet 1661–1665
1665–1678 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for East Grinstead
1681–1685
With: Henry Powle 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Saltash
1685–1689
With: Edmund Waller 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Preston
1702–1705
With: 		Succeeded by
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Dublin University
1692–1693
Served alongside: William Molyneux 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Chief Secretary for Ireland
1676–1682 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Chief Secretary for Ireland
1692–1693 		Succeeded by
Professional and academic associations
Preceded by 5th President of the Royal Society
1683–1684 		Succeeded by
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