Background
He was the eldest child of the Royalist Bishop of Ely Matthew Wren and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Cutler of Ipswich, and therefore cousin of Sir Christopher Wren.
He was the eldest child of the Royalist Bishop of Ely Matthew Wren and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Cutler of Ipswich, and therefore cousin of Sir Christopher Wren.
He was educated at both Peterhouse, Cambridge and the University of Oxford, graduating Master of Arts
At Oxford on 9 September 1661. He was secretary to Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, from 1660 to 1667, Member of Parliament for Saint Michael (1661 to 1672), and secretary to James, Duke of York (1667 to 1672). He was fatally injured accompanying the duke at the Battle of Solebay in 1672 and died on his return to Greenwich.
He was buried with his father at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge.
Royal Society; Cavalier Parliament]
He was one of the council of the Royal Society named in Charles II"s original charter, dated 15 July 1662, and was a prominent member of the Society.