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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

WYLD, JAMES, brother of Thomas Wyld (qv); bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 23 Feb 1765 (IGI); adm. 16 Jun 1775; KS (aged 14) 1779; Capt. of the School 1783; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1784, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1784, scholar 8 Apr 1785; BA 1788; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Mar 1784; ordained; Rector of Blunsdon St. Andrew, Wilts., from 1814; m. Elizabeth Ann, dau. of John Haverfield, Kew, Surrey; d. 2 Jan 1834.