Background
He was born in Constantinople, Turkey, where his father, Sir Peter Wyche, was the English Ambassador.
He was born in Constantinople, Turkey, where his father, Sir Peter Wyche, was the English Ambassador.
He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford with Bachelor of Arts in 1653. He received his Master of Arts (Master of Arts) in 1655 and his Doctor of Civil Law (Data Control Language) in 1665. Between the time he received his Master of Arts and his Data Control Language, he was knighted (1660).
This is so close in time to the English Restoration that he was almost certainly a Cavalier, and may have served in the military for the Royalist cause. He joined the bar in 1670 and became the Secretary to the Lieutenancy of Ireland in 1692. Around 1690 he purchased Hockwold Hall (then called The Poynings) at Hockwold cum Wilton, Norfolk.
He died there and a monument to him can be found in the church of Saint Peter in Hockwold.
Royal Society; Cavalier Parliament]
He was an original member of the Royal Society and served as President from 1683–1684. He was a Member of Parliament for several districts at different times, (Member of Parliament for Callington (1661–1678), for East Grinstead (1681–1685), for Saltash (1685–1687), and for Preston (1702–1705) From the Sackler Archive of Fellows of the Royal Society.