Matthew Wren ( 1629 - 1672 )

Birth: Peterhouse, Cambridge, England, Europe (20 August 1629) Baptism: Little St Mary's, Cambridge, England, Europe (30 August 1629) Death: Greenwich, Kent [now London], England, United Kingdom, Europe (14 June 1672) Burial: Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe Occupation: Politician; slave trader Education: Peterhouse, University of Cambridge (matriculated 1642); University of Oxford, MA (1661) Career: Secretary to Edward Hyde FRS (1660-1667) and to the Duke of York (1667-death); MP for Mitchell also called St Michael, Cornwall (1661-1672); served on numerous parliamentary committees and was active in naval affairs; assistant, Royal Fishing Company (1664); assistant, Royal Adventurers into Africa (1664-1671), Deputy-Governor (1668, 1670), Sub-Governor (1669); Shareholder in the Royal African Company (1672); mortally wounded at the Battle of Sole Bay (6 June 1672) Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 22/04/1663 Council: 1662, 1666.