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Wykeham-Martin, Cornwallis Philip, son of Maj. Robert Fiennes Wykeham-Martin MBE RE and Julia Elizabeth, d. of George Elliot; b. 1 Aug. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (G); left Dec. 1926; RE 1940-6 (Maj.), US Medal of Freedom Apr. 1946; building trade, FIBE 1952, MCIOB 1981; m. 1st 25 Apr. 1942 Barbara Cecily, d. of Robert Stoney Oliphant-Sheffield of Broadfield House, Cumberland; 2nd 22 Oct. 1955 Rose Mary, d. of Percy Shute Lawrie, of Lindfield, Sussex; d. 30 Dec. 2002.

WYE, ROGER; b.; adm.; KS 1667; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1669, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1669, scholar 1670, matr. 1669; BA 1672/3; MA 1676; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1674 – c. 1683; ordained deacon 24 Dec 1676, priest 22 Dec 1678 (both London); Vicar of Ware, Herts., 1682-99; Vicar of Wotton, Surrey, from 28 Mar 1699; d. 16 Feb 1700/1.

WYCKES, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS 1 Jun 1554 (Chapter Muniments).

WYCHE, MAGNUS, elder son of Sir Cyril Wyche, Bart., Envoy to Russia, and Anne, dau. of Magnus Wedderkop, First Minister to Duke of Holstein; grandson of John Wyche (qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Jul 1729; left 1730; Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge 1735; Ensign, 10th Foot Feb 1739/40; d. unm. Jan 1740/1.

WYCHE, JOHN, brother of Magnus Wyche (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1729; left 1730; d. young.

WYCHE, JOHN, eldest son of Sir Peter Wyche, Kt, Westminster, British Envoy to Russia, and Isabella, dau. of Sir Robert Bolles, Bart.; nephew of Sir Cyril Wyche (qv); b. 2 Jan 1667/8; adm.; KS 1681; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1684, adm. pens. 19 Jun 1684, scholar 1 May 1685; British Resident, The Hanse Towns 1702-9, Envoy Extraordinary there from 1709; m. Bethesda, dau. of John Savage; d. 15 Oct 1713.

WYCHE, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1724; in school list Feb 1727/8; convicted of assault and robbery, on four separate indictments, at the Old Bailey Sessions Feb 1731; executed at Tyburn 8 Mar 1731. [perhaps bapt. St. Sepulchre, London 13 May 1712, son of George Wych, and Ann ---]

WYCHE, SIR CYRIL, second son of Right Hon. Sir Peter Wyche, PC, Kt, English Ambassador at Constantinople, and Jane, dau. of Sir William Meredith, Kt, Wrexham, Denbighshire; b.; a godson of Cyril Loukaris, Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople, after whom he was named; adm.; KS in 1649; contributed a copy of verses to Lacrimae Musarum, 1649; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Nov 1650; BA 17 Feb 1652/3; MA 1655; DCL 1665; LLD Dublin 1692; adm. Gray’s Inn 1 May 1657, called to bar 15 Jun 1670; knighted at The Hague May 1660; one of the Six Clerks in Chancery 28 Jan 1662-75; MP Callington May 1661 – Jan 1678/9, East Grinstead Feb – Mar 1680/1, Saltash 1685-7, Preston 1702-5; Chief Secretary to Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieut. Ireland 1677-82, and to Henry Sidney, Lord Lieut. Ireland, Sep 1692 – Jul 1693; MP (I) Dublin University 17 Sep 1692 – 26 Jun 1693; Privy Councillor (I) 1692; one of the Lord Justices of Ireland 1693-5; a Commissioner for Irish Forfeitures 1700; FRS 20 May 1663, President 30 Nov 1683 – 30 Nov 1684; lic. to m. 1st, 2 Aug 1663 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Thomas Jermyn, Rushbrooke, Suffolk; lic. to m. 2nd, 29 Jul 1684 Susanna, dau. of Sir Herbert Perrott, Kt, MP, Haroldstone, Pembs., and dau. of Sir Francis Norreys, Kt, Weston on the Green, Oxfordshire; m. 3rd, 15 May 1692 Mary, eldest dau. of George Evelyn, Wotton, Surrey; d. 29 Dec 1707. DNB.

WYBARNE (or WIBORNE), JOSEPH, third son of Rev. Percival Wybarne (or Wiborne), Prebendary of Westminster; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1598, adm. pens. 1598, scholar 1599, matr. 1598; BA 1602/3; MA 1606; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 31 May 1607; author, The New Age of Old Names, 1609, and Machiavellus Comedia.

WYATVILLE, GEORGE GEOFFREY, only son of Sir Jeffrey Wyatt (afterwards Wyatville), Kt, RA, Lower Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, London, architect, and Sophia Powell; b.; adm. 7 Jul 1813; left 1821; Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge; BA 1826; MA 1829; an artist; assumed surname of Wyatville in lieu of Wyatt 1824; m. 17 Jan 1828 Ann Sisum, dau. of Peter Phillips, Barbados, West Indies; d. 27 Jan 1833.