Sir William Wiseman, 8th Baronet
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Sir William Saltonstall Wiseman, 8th Baronet KCB (4 August 1814 – 14 July 1874) was a
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naval officer.


Naval career

Born the son of Captain Sir William Saltonstall Wiseman,For more on William Saltonstall Wiseman see: 7th Baronet, and his wife Catherine Mackintosh, daughter of Sir
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, Wiseman entered the
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/ref> He was made a lieutenant in 1838. In 1854, he was asked to convey Sir Hamilton Seymour, British Ambassador to Russia, to
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. Promoted to
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in 1854, he was given command of HMS ''Penelope'' in 1855. He was appointed
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in 1863 and fought in the Waikato Campaign.New Zealand National Dictionary of Biography entry
/ref> On 14 July 1874, he was found dead in his lodgings in
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Family

On 25 October 1838, he married Charlotte Jane Paterson, daughter of Admiral Charles William Paterson. They had a son and a daughter: *
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Sir William Wiseman, 9th Baronet (1845–1893), naval officer, whose son was Sir William Wiseman, 10th Baronet, head of
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in Washington, DC, during the
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. * Eliza who married Admiral H. M. Alexander.


See also

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References

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