Cyril Wyche ( c1632 - 1707 )

Birth: Constantinople, Turkey, Ottoman Empire (c.1632) Death: Poynings Manor, Hockwold, Norfolk, England, Europe (29 December 1707) Burial: St Peter's Church, Hockwold, Norfolk, England, Europe 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: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Council: PRS 1683-1684; VP 1682; 1686; 1690; 1695; 1703-1704 Committee appointments include: 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 RSActivity: Asked to contribute to the building for the Society's College (1668).