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Sir Peter Wyche (1628 – c. 1699) was an English diplomat and translator. He was one of the sons of Sir Peter Wyche and brother of Sir Cyril Wyche. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford (matriculated 1643), Queens College, Cambridge (BA 1645) and Trinity Hall, Cambridge (MA 1648) and was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1649. He was knighted in 1660. In May 1663 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Library and Archive Catalogue )〕 He was English Ambassador to Russia in 1669 and then immediately after to Poland in 1669–1670.〔Gary M. Bell, ''A handlist of British diplomatic representatives 1509-1688'' (Royal Historical Society, Guides and handbooks, 16, 1990).〕 He died in London circa 1699. He had married Isabella, daughter of Sir Robert Bolles, Bart, of Scampton, Lincolnshire. His grandson Cyril Wyche also became Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia and was created a baronet in 1729 (see Wyche baronets). ==Life== Wyche was admitted a gentleman commoner at Exeter College, Oxford, on 29 April 1643, matriculating, ‘aged 15,’ on 6 May following. He migrated in October 1644 to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and graduated B.A. in 1645 and M.A. in 1648. Next year he was admitted a student of the Middle Temple, and shortly afterwards went abroad. In May 1656 he was in Italy, where Hyde procured him a passport and a testimonial in Latin, signed by the exiled Charles II.〔Clarendon State Papers, iii. 119〕 He was knighted by Charles II at The Hague in May 1660, and shortly afterwards returned to England and was incorporated M.A. at Oxford. He was declared one of the fellows of the Royal Society upon its foundation by charter in 1662,〔Thomson, Hist. p. 3〕 and in 1665 was nominated chairman of a committee of the society appointed to consider the improvement of the English tongue, in which capacity he received a long letter from John Evelyn. In 1669 he was sent as envoy extraordinary to Russia, sending despatches home from Moscow in September.〔Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1669〕 Upon his journeys he was ‘honourably’ entertained at Danzig, at Königsberg, and at Hamburg, in which city he was English resident to the Hanseatic cities for several years, his commission terminating in February 1682.〔(Luttrell, i. 163〕 Among the state papers are several of his letters to Sir Joseph Williamson, who was godfather to his eldest son (several autograph letters of his to Williamson, Arlington, Ellis, and others, are in Addit. MS. 28896, passim). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Wyche (diplomat)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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