Thomas Wyse
Diplomat, Politician
1791 – 1862
Who was Thomas Wyse?
Sir Thomas Wyse KCB, an Irish politician and diplomat, belonged to a family claiming descent from a Devon squire, Andrew Wyse, who is said to have crossed over to Ireland during the reign of Henry II and obtained lands near Waterford, of which city thirty-three members of the family are said to have been mayors or other municipal officers.
From the Reformation the family had been consistently attached to the Roman Catholic Church. Wyse was educated at Stonyhurst College and at Trinity College, Dublin, where he distinguished himself as a scholar. After 1815 he passed some years in travel, visiting Italy, Greece, Egypt and Palestine. In 1821 he married Princess Letizia Bonaparte, daughter of Lucien Bonaparte, and after residing for a time at Viterbo he returned to Ireland in 1825, having by this time inherited the family estates.
He now devoted his great oratorical and other talents to forwarding the cause of Roman Catholic emancipation, and his influence was specially marked in his own county of Waterford, while his standing among his associates was shown by his being chosen to write the address to the people of England.
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- Born
- Dec 24, 1791
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Lived in
- County Waterford
- Died
- Apr 16, 1862
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on July 23, 2013
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