Sir Cyril Wyche, 1st Baronet ( – 1756) was an English diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary to Hamburg Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia.

Early life

He was the only son and heir of Bethesda ( Savage) Wyche and John Wyche of

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, Envoy Extraordinary at

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and a daughter Sophia who married Dr Thomas Thomas, Rector of Peterborough. He was the grandson of Sir Peter Wyche (the English Ambassador to Russia and

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), the great-grandson of Sir Peter Wyche (the British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire) and the grand-nephew of Sir Cyril Wyche, MP and Chief Secretary for Ireland.

Career

At the age of nineteen, he was appointed '' Chargé d'Affaires'' at

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by Queen Anne serving from 1713 to 1714 succeeding his father who died on 15 October 1713. Following the succession of

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on 1 August 1714, the new King appointed ''Resident'' in 1714, ''Minister'' in 1725, and ''Envoy Extraordinary'' to

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, in the

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. He also served as

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from 1729 to 1730. In 1741, he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia, serving until 1744.

Personal life

In 1714, Wyche was married to Anne von Wedderkop, daughter of

Magnus von Wedderkop Magnus von Wedderkop (1637–1721), born in Husum, Germany, was the son of Henning Wedderkop, who married Anna Truwelstochter Andresen in 1614. Henning was a baron in Braunschweig, and served as royal lieutenant under Wallenstein in Husum. Anna w ...

, Prime Minister to the

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. As her dowry, her father gifted his property of

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. Her brother was Gottfriend von Wedderkop. Together, they were the parents of two sons and two daughters: * Magnus Wyche (d. 1740), an

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in the British Army who died unmarried. * John Wyche, who died young. * Frederike Wyche, who married before 1741, Magnus von Holmer, Councilor of the State to the Duke of Holstein. * Amelia Wyche. As Sir Cyril had no surviving sons, the title became extinct upon his death at

in 1756. Upon his death, his daughter Frederike inherited Tangstedt in 1756.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wyche, 1st Baronet, Sir Cyril 1690s births 1756 deaths British diplomats Ambassadors of Great Britain to Russia Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain High Sheriffs of Norfolk