Sir Cyril Wyche

Sir Cyril Wyche married to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Jermyn of Rushbrooke in 1663 and in 1664 their first son, Jermyn was baptised at Hockwold. This son did not survive, and their second son, also Jermyn, was born c1670. Sir Cyril had been a founder member of The Royal Society in 1661, and its President in 1683-4 and served on its council in the 1680s and 1690s, and was President of the Dublin Philosophical Society 1693. His wife Elizabeth died in 1678, and he married Susanna, Lady Perrott 1684, She died in 1690 and he married Mary Evelyn 1692. Sir Cyril Wyche was a Member of Parliament for Callington 1661-79, East Grinstead 1681, Saltash 1685-87, and Preston 1702-05. He was a Privy Councillor and Chief Secretary of Ireland in 1676–85 and again 1692–93, latterly also MP for Trinity College, Dublin. In 1693-95 he was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and a Lord Justice of Ireland. He remained an Irish Privy Councillor till his death in 1707.