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Authorised form of name	Wyche; Sir; Cyril (c1632 - 1707); lawyer and politician
Other forms of surname	Wich
Other forms of surname	Wych
Dates	c1632 - 1707
Nationality	British
Place of birth	Constantinople, Turkey, Ottoman Empire
Date of birth	c1632
Place of death	Poynings Manor, Hockwold, Norfolk, England, Europe
Date of death	29 December 1707
Dates and places	Burial: St Peter's Church, Hockwold, Norfolk, England, Europe
Activity	Education: Westminster school; Christ Church, Oxford (BA 1653; MA 1655; DCL 1665); Gray's Inn (1657) Career: Called to the Bar (1670); one of the six Clerks in Chancery (1662-1675); Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1676; 1677-1685; 1692); MP for Callington, Cornwall (1661-1678), for East Grinstead (1681), for Saltash (1685-1687), and for Preston (1702-1705); Gentleman of the Privy Chamber (1690-1702);Lord Justice for chief governorship of Ireland (1693); Trustee for Irish forfeitures (1700) Honours: Kt 1660 Memberships: Dublin Philosophical Society (1684)
Membership category	Original Fellow
Date of election	20/05/1663
Royal Society activity	Royal Society roles: PRS 1683-1684; VP 1682; 1686; 1690; 1695; 1703-1704 Committee and panels: Mechanical Committee (1664) ; Committee for Correspondence (1664) ; Committee to make a catalogue of natural curiosities and books of the Royal Society and other possessions (1676)
Other Royal Society activity	Asked to contribute to the building for the Society's College (1668)
Relationships	Parents: Sir Peter Wyche and Jane Meredith Siblings: Sir Peter Wyche (FRS 1663) Married: 1) Elizabeth Jermyn; 2) Susanna Norreys; 3) Mary Evelyn (niece of John Evelyn FRS 1663) Children: 1) four children
General context	During his political career, Wyche was involved in a variety of committees and reported to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the Earl of Essex, on parliamentary proceedings, in particular in regard to the ban on Irish cattle imports. After the Revolution 1688, he was still appointed to Court and worked in Ireland under William III. His appointment as trustee to oversee the sale of forfeited estates under the provisions of the Act of Resumption 1700 was praised by peers.
Sources	Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster; ODNB; Dictionary of Irish Biography References: Hoppen, K T. 1965. 'The Royal Society and Ireland. II', in Notes and Records, vol. 20, pp. 78-99 Notes: The election date is Wyche's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously admitted into the Society on 28 August 1661.
Royal Society code	NA3132

Archives associated with this Fellow

Reference number	Title	Date
NLB/11/750	Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Director, National Portrait Gallery, 20 Great George Street, S.W.	1 October 1895
MS/390/28	Bond of Sir Cyril Wyche to the Treasurer of the Royal Society	30 November 1674
DM/5/71	Recommendation that seven persons (named) 'do take into their Custody all the Rarities, bookes and other goods and chattells belonging to the Royall Society'	17th century
P/0279	Portrait of Wyche, Cyril	1690s
DM/5/12A	Note on an order of the Council relating to the payment of arrears at Michaelmas 1673	5 January 1673

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