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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, 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.

Wyatt, Frederick Evan, son of Harry Frederick James Wyatt, R.N.; b. Sept. 23, 1877; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1890; left July 1894; a Quartermaster in the P. and O. Steamship Co's service; d. 1967.

WYAT, SIR DUDLEY, son of John Wyat (or Wyott) (IGI); bapt. St. Margaret, Westminster 1 Nov 1608 (IGI); adm.; KS in 1625; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1627, adm. pens. 1627, scholar 25 Apr 1628, matr. 1627; BA 1631/2; MA 1635; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 4 Oct 1633, Major Fellow 10 Oct 1634-44; given leave of absence from his college to travel in Ireland for seven years 1641, but deprived of Fellowship 1644; joined Queen Henrietta Maria in France and developed into a busy spy and intriguer; Commissary-General in Royalist Army; knighted 4 Jun 1645; appears subsequently to have gone over to Parliament, for in a letter dated 23 Dec 1647 Oliver Cromwell requested the Master of Trinity to readmit Wyat (Alum. Westmon., 100), although there is no record of his readmission; emigrated to Virginia1650, where he d. before 25 Jul 1651 (will dated 29 Mar 1650, proved Jamestown, Virginia 25 Jul 1651).

WROUGHTON, WILLIAM, son of Thomas Wroughton, Westminster, and Margaret --- (IGI); b. 30 May 1716; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1725; Min. Can. 1730; KS 1731; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1735, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1735, scholar 28 May 1736, matr. 1735; BA 1738/9; MA 1755 (incorp. Oxford 8 Jul 1756); ordained deacon 23 Dec 1739, priest 1 Jun 1740 (both Rochester); Rector of Halton, Bucks., from 1755; Rector of West Wycombe, Bucks., 9 Oct 1755-65; Rector of Welbourn, Lincs., from 1765; m. 7 Mar 1758 Dorothy, sister of Christopher Musgrave (qv); d. 18 Aug 1770.

WROTTESLEY, HENRY, son of Sir John Wrottesley, Bart. (qv); b. 25 Oct 1772; adm. 31 Jan 1782; KS (Capt. ) 1786; Capt. of the School 1790; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1791, matr. 22 Jun 1791, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1791 – void 25 Jun 1803; BA 1795; MA 1798; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 Nov 1793, called to bar 26 Nov 1798; member, Corporation of Cursitors Dec 1794 (still Law List 1822); Commissioner of Bankrupts 1799 (occurs in annual lists 1801 to death); Solicitor, Board of Control Feb 1806 – Aug 1811; MP Brackley from 28 Dec 1810; d. unm. 17 Feb 1825.

WROTTESLEY, EDWARD JOHN, only son of Cdr. Edward Wrottesley, Royal Navy, and Anne, dau. of Rev. Thomas Tringham; grandson of Sir John Wrottesley, Bart. (qv); b. 9 Nov 1814; adm. 26 May 1826 (Stikeman's); KS 1829; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1833, but went to University Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 May 1833; BA 1838; MA 1855; ordained deacon 1838, priest 1840 (both Chester); Curate, Newton Heath, Lancs., 1838-41; Perpetual Curate of Tettenhall, Staffs., 1841-62; Curate, Totteridge, Herts., 1862-3; Vicar of Brewood, Staffs., from 1863; Prebendary of Lichfield from 1895; m. 8 Apr 1847 Mariana Eugenia, dau. of John Jeffreys, Fynone, Swansea, Glamorgan; d. 19 Jan 1901.

WROTTESLEY, HON. EDWARD BENNET, sixth son of John Wrottesley, 1st Baron Wrottesley (qv); b. 26 Jul 1811; adm. 18 Jan 1822 (Best's); KS 1826; rowed v. Eton 27 Jul 1829; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1830, adm. pens. 2 Jul 1830, scholar 1831, matr. 1830; migr. to New Inn Hall, Oxford, matr. 7 Feb 1833; a wine merchant, firm Tanqueray & Co., Pall Mall, London; DL Staffordshire; JP Surrey 1863; m. 8 Jan 1846 Ellen Charlotte, dau. of George Rush, Elsenham Hall, Essex; d. 20 Jan 1892.

Wrigley, William Matthew, son of Rev. William Vickers Wrigley, Vicar of Hutton Buscel, Scarborough, Yorks, and Margaret, d. of George Henry Hunter of Dordrecht, South Africa; b. 3 July 1947; adm. Sept. 1960 (QS); left Mar. 1965; King’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1965 (open schol. ), BA 1968, MA; adm. solicitor Dec. 1972; partner Biddle & Co, London 1975-8, Dibb Lupton Alsop, Leeds, 1978-96, Wrigleys Solicitors LLP, Leeds 1996-; member, North Yorks CC 1985-9; m. 17 July 1971 Susan Jane, d. of Percival Thomas Pratt, co. dir.; d. 18 May 2017.