Edward Wise (1632–1675) of

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in the parish of

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in Devon, was a politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1659 and 1675. Wise was the son of Thomas Wise (c. 1605 – 1641) of Sydenham, MP, and was the grandson of Sir Thomas Wise (c. 1576 – 1630) of Sydenham, MP, and (via his mother) of

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in Devon.Wright, William William Henry Kearley. ''Some account of the barony and town of Okehampton: its antiquities and institutions: including the journals kept by Messrs. Rattenbury and Shebbeare, Gents. and Burgesses, from the 21 James I., to the death of William III.; with notes genealogical, descriptive, and explanatory.'' W. Masland, 1889; p. 98 In 1659 he was elected

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for

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in the

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. He was elected in 1660 to the Convention Parliament. In 1661 he was re-elected MP for Okehampton for the

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