Background
Born the son of Captain Sir William Saltonstall Wiseman, 7th Baronet, and his wife Catherine Mackintosh, daughter of Sir James Mackintosh, Wiseman entered the Royal Naval College in 1827.
Born the son of Captain Sir William Saltonstall Wiseman, 7th Baronet, and his wife Catherine Mackintosh, daughter of Sir James Mackintosh, Wiseman entered the Royal Naval College in 1827.
He was made a lieutenant in 1838. In 1854 he was asked to convey Sir Hamilton Seymour, British Ambassador to Russia to Saint St. Petersburg. Promoted to Captain in 1854, he was given command of HMS Penelope in 1855.
He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station in 1863 and fought in the Waikato Campaign.
He was found dead in his lodgings in Saint Joseph, Missouri on 14 July 1874. Rear-Admiral Sir William Wiseman, 9th Baronet (1845–1893), naval officer, whose son was Sir William Wiseman, 10th Baronet, head of Secret Intelligence Service in Washington, District of Columbia during the First World War.
Eliza who married Admiral H. M. Alexander.